Learning your musical tastes

Mike, with all due respect, I really don't think you have a grasp on what's going on in jazz at the moment.

For instance, I first pointed you to Keith Jarrett's most recent trio album, Yesterdays, which you reported you really liked. It was recorded just a few years ago.

I then pointed you to a very different Keith Jarrett album, Personal Mountains, some of which you didn't like. It was recorded over 30 years ago.

So how can you accurately claim that you "don't care for what's going on [in jazz] at the moment"? You've barely scratched the surface, and when you encounter one 30 year old album that you don't care for, you shut the door!

Tell you what, give this a try: When Larry Met Harry by pianist Larry Goldings and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen. Recorded fairly recently; much more in the mold of Hines, Evans, Duke, etc.

Gets some Count Basie if you haven't already given him a go (I assume you have not as it's not on your list ).

I can recommend the American Decca Recording although I have other recording that give immense pleasure.

Swing's like no other.................

Karl

Hi Mike

You seem to have forgotten to mention the great Mozart in your list. Obviously an oversight, but that's not easy to do!  

Peter

"Tell you what, give this a try: When Larry Met Harry by pianist Larry Goldings and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen. Recorded fairly recently; much more in the mold of Hines, Evans, Duke, etc."

I'll second this  - bought on Fred Simon's recommendation and constantly in the CD player.

Mike is definitely right.

Following the same logic, from now on and for the rest of my life, I am only going to have caviar and champagne.

Nothing else.

Alamanka,

I don't know how many more years we will have for listening to music.  We want to make sure that we really know our favorite music while we can.  I don't think there are any 70+ year old posters on this forum ?

No smoked salmon? That's my must have food.

Mike,
Why don't you try chilling out a bit and take things as they come. It all seems so serious and almost a chore to you. Why not just listen to something you like, whether it's Beethoven, Miles Davis or the Wurzels, and just enjoy it. No need to take notes or explain afterwards why you did or didn't enjoy it.
Spend more time enjoying the music and less on here.

       




Why would you think that? Is 70+ a cut off date for opinions of what one likes or dislikes.

I've just noticed that at some point, older people lose interest in music.  Could be due to hearing loss.  Could just be listened out.  I hope it won't happen to me, but who knows?

Mike,
Why don't you try chilling out a bit and take things as they come. It all seems so serious and almost a chore to you. Why not just listen to something you like, whether it's Beethoven, Miles Davis or the Wurzels, and just enjoy it. No need to take notes or explain afterwards why you did or didn't enjoy it.
Spend more time enjoying the music and less on here.

I am spending less time on the forum.  I am enjoying music tremendously.  I really love digging in and learning more about the music.

Well, I can assure you that it hasn't happened to me. But then again, I have been told I don't look a day over 69.

:-)

Jesus, what an awful thought

My dad's 71 and still nuts about music and so is my Mum although I suppose she can be excused as she is a youthful 68!

Karl

Or could it be that at some point, older people grow up and lose interest in internet forums? I hope it won't happen to me, but who knows? 

On a more serious note, part of the fun of classical music is to keep looking for different performers and interpretations, even if the works themselves are endlessly recycled. In that sense, the best classical works are like empty structures, that can be filled in a million different ways by the musician. Now and then, new favorite performances pop up to join old favorites. And occasionally new works, too, but that happens less nowadays (but not because I gave up looking!). 



EJ

My tastes oscillate between expansion and consolidation. I enjoy both phases equally.

I've been off and laying around since Friday night.  I spin CDs.  Nap.  Visit the bar.  Nap.  Eat out.  Do a movie.  Eat Ice Cream. 

Tomorrow night, we go to Snug Harbor to hear the first big jazz band in New Orleans since the 1980s.  I am cranked for this.  The first time I heard a big jazz band, I walked into a rehearsal and had my back to them.  They were working out Stan Kenton charts, and I had my back to them.  It went through me like X-Rays.  I still love that sound.  It's the "Uptown Jazz Orchestra".

We get to hear 2 2 hour sets.  The club is a little small, but the ceiling is high, so their 14 pieces should sound decent.

Life is good.