O-10 makes some be very good points that one could say really go without saying. When listening to music one doesn't have to please anyone but ourselves. We sometimes "grow into" a genre and jazz being an evolving art form we sometimes have to grow into the different periods of the music. Sometimes it takes time and more exposure to "get it". And all that goes to a personal choice which is probably heavily influenced by our respective personalities and the place that each of us has for music in our lives; the relationship. Some listeners approach the experience with an open mind to all the possibilities and with the firm knowledge that what there is to "get" is not always understood right away as the backdrop. Or, is the backdrop that the scale is always firmly tipped to the side of what we currently like? Iow, do we demand that challenging music always prove itself to us right away? Or, are we comfortable with the idea that sometimes we have to prove ourselves to it as listeners? It is, after all, the musician who is the artist. Just some ruminations on what I find is a very rich subject.
Ghosthouse, I must say that I am surprised that you found so little to like in "Pilgrimage". "undifferentiated mass of noodling"? Wow! Structure and blowing that is admittedly much more abstract than in things like "Three Quartets", but still very rich in those regards. In fact, widely considered Brecker's best writing and most inspired blowing. You do well to want to come back to it at some point later on and I have a strong feeling that you will come to appreciate it. After all, in keeping with O-10's comment about "strong concensus", there aren't that many records that receive such strong positive concensus as that one.
This was Brecker's first solo record; might put some things in context and in some ways my favorite of his solo recordings. Great lineup too:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLloUaOFZpOhcaevThkk-rW70srfO6LwYI¶ms=OAFIAVgC&v=sm-CSR...
Ghosthouse, I must say that I am surprised that you found so little to like in "Pilgrimage". "undifferentiated mass of noodling"? Wow! Structure and blowing that is admittedly much more abstract than in things like "Three Quartets", but still very rich in those regards. In fact, widely considered Brecker's best writing and most inspired blowing. You do well to want to come back to it at some point later on and I have a strong feeling that you will come to appreciate it. After all, in keeping with O-10's comment about "strong concensus", there aren't that many records that receive such strong positive concensus as that one.
This was Brecker's first solo record; might put some things in context and in some ways my favorite of his solo recordings. Great lineup too:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLloUaOFZpOhcaevThkk-rW70srfO6LwYI¶ms=OAFIAVgC&v=sm-CSR...