I have a 22 inch Zildjian ride from the late 60's which I acquired not too long ago. I was hitting it the other day with a 5B stick with a wooden tip. Then for some reason I pulled out a smaller stick with a plastic tip and hit it. This may sound melodramatic, but I was kind of stunned at how different it sounded. I guess I never compared wood versus plastic side by side before. Not only was the sound from the plastic tip "brighter" (not sure if that's the right word to use) but to my ears it made the pitch of the cymbal sound higher. Would that make it better for jazz? Any other thoughts on wood vs. plastic?