On Wed, 03 Jul 2002 13:22:17 -0600 Dan Given wrote:
So, now that the 'worst' category seems to be just about exhausted, what music is out there that, though it generally gets favourable responses from your friends and peers, from media that you trust, etc., that you just don't enjoy.
2) Joe Morris: he may even fit in the group above. I'm not generally a guitar fan, but Morris is pretty low on the list.
Count me in also with Joe Morris. I have no idea what is the fuss with him.
5) Kind of Blue: people constantly tell me how important this album is in the development of jazz. I don't care, it still bores me to death. I'd put tons of recordings by Mingus, Monk, Ellington, etc far above.
I have to disagree here. KIND OF BLUE is gorgeous: playing and compositions. I almost could sing any track of the record! My list of artists highly praised and who leave me totally indifferent? Top of my head: William Parker: Many reviewers are making a god of him and I just can't understand why. I saw him a few times, and I found his bass playing repetitive and uninspired. Can't say too much of him as composer either. Friends still try to convince me that I don't have the right records and that I might have tried him on the wrong night... Most of the ecstatic jazz scene, in fact. Jim O'Rourke: Reading THE WIRE and other magazines (the ones which care) we get the feeling that Jim transforms in gold everything that he touches (rock, improv, electronics, pop, avant-barnyard country punk, etc). After almost ten years of intense activity, I still can't think of one track by him that I can memorize. Cadence's "house" artists (Lou Grassi, Dominic Duval, etc): Here I am just wondering who buys the records... Ken Vandermark: I admire his energy and hyperactivity but I can't think of even one track that I really care. Although I love him as a sideman (with the Peter Brotzman Group, specially). Patrice.