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b_b  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what are your favorite Jazz albums?

I used to like jazz as a youngster. As I age, I like it less and less. There is one album that will always be one of my favorites, however, and that is Giant Steps by Coltrane. It is brilliant.





nathank  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Never knew I liked ANY jazz, thanks for pointing this out I've been enjoying it!

tnec  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Interesting. What have you grown to dislike about it?

b_b  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here's the simplest way I can put it. I would listen to these albums (I probably had more than a hundred, maybe two, at one point), and think that there was some mystic quality, that I would figure out the secret someday, but I didn't quite get it yet. Then I got to a point where I kinda realized that there wasn't much to get. Most jazz just feels empty to me.

kleinbl00  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For some reason, I got into ragas with absolutely no issue but find jazz to be grating.