This seems to be a time for the jazz train to be diverted to a side track for several of us. I'm returning after two weeks dealing with family issues.
frog, on 9/11 you mentioned making the effort to explore new music rather than waiting for (familiar) music to simply come to us. That reminded me of first hearing Ornette in the very early '60s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJULMOw69EI
What seemed so "out there" on first listen began to sound comfortable fairly quickly. Then I remember listening to that album a few years later and feeling it was hardly outside at all. Like Mr. Einstein said, it's all relative. ;^)
o-10, if I correctly appreciate your situation I'll hope you can continue visiting between low points, and that you'll then return full strength when past all that.
frog, on 9/11 you mentioned making the effort to explore new music rather than waiting for (familiar) music to simply come to us. That reminded me of first hearing Ornette in the very early '60s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJULMOw69EI
What seemed so "out there" on first listen began to sound comfortable fairly quickly. Then I remember listening to that album a few years later and feeling it was hardly outside at all. Like Mr. Einstein said, it's all relative. ;^)
o-10, if I correctly appreciate your situation I'll hope you can continue visiting between low points, and that you'll then return full strength when past all that.