Just out of curiosity, how do you react to "Kind of Blue"? I ask because you must have heard it many, many times. How do you "feel" when you hear it?
I have just listened and although I enjoy some of the intros as soon as the lead starts it looses it for me. I am thinking maybe a dislike for trumpets or other instruments used solo/lead instrument in jazz. I need to investigate more music and be more aware of why I do not like it, thus saving a lot of mental anguish
Listen....
I like some jazz, some rock, some folk, some classical, etc., etc.
Somebody on here used to have the signature 'So much music, so little time'.
You can't possibly listen to it all and you certainly can't like it all.
Furthermore, liking it all, or even 'appreciating' it all is not a requirement.
Music should be a pleasure, not a chore. By all means be open to new stuff and learn from others, but don't beat yourself up trying to like stuff you don't like. You don't have time.
At almost 64, I have almost completely ceased to be interested in current popular music.
If I hear something of interest, I check it out, but I don't concern myself with charts or any of the nonsense I loved as a teenager.
For some reason, which doesn't matter, I find myself fascinated by music from the 1950s. To put this in context, I was 10 in 1959. I love it all, the pop the rock, the R& B and the jazz. It ranges from groundbreaking, to cheesy. I don't care. Somehow, it satisfies my need for music. That's all that matters.
Relax.
Mull
just in case you're not aware those earlier albums are nothing like his Headhunters stuff.I do have Headhunters and its ok, I will give the earlier releases a try out
thanks
I think I have fairly wide tastes in music but for the life of me I struggle with some jazz
Have you never derived pleasure from something you had to work at? Putting in a bit of effort can mean greater rewards. Not with everything all of the time, but it's often true in life as well as music.
Some amazing, but very different tenor playing giving some sense of the evolution of the instrument over the past century
Joshua Redman has incredible technique, but musically not so satisfying IMO
Michael Brecker ... again amazing technique, but leaves me even colder
I'm not saying everything is for everyone, but I think Chris is taking the right approach by not being defeated because the rewards will make the perseverance worth while.
I don't know if someone already brought this up, or if you knew it anyway, but Radio 3 Jazz web page has some podcasts made by Alyn Shipton. Unfortuntely they are only about half the length of the original programmes, and the majority of the Jazz Library transmissions aren't available (I think they had to get round some copyright issues). But there may well be something unusual that catches your fancy
Listen....
Music should be a pleasure, not a chore. By all means be open to new stuff and learn from others, but don't beat yourself up trying to like stuff you don't like. You don't have time.
Thanks Mull, sound advice indeed. I am also running out of time(62) and
The beating up will be starting shortly as my wife has become enraged at hearing snippets of jazz over the last couple of days
Chris
Well, maybe its not for you, then. You can't force yourself to enjoy something if your nerve-ends viscera react negatively. I can't stand listening to acoustic guitar, classical or anything else, for instance, and flute music drives me up the wall.
Paul, spot on.
I agree with your pet hates except acoustic guitar anything else.
Chris