Jazz for aficionados

When I am reviewing all of these comments I can’t help but returning to a conclusion of how subjective opinions are about “favorite” albums. Back in my day it was possible to go into a record store or a store that sold records, and be able to audition before purchasing. And at the ripe old age of 16 or thereabouts I was entranced with Coltrane’s version of My Favorite Things; a work so beautifully performed that my adolescent sturm und strung floated away. My love of jazz started then, and many albums since Coltrane have moved me but like not My Favorite Things…mystically onomatopoeia…Until listening to Yusuf Lateef’s Eastern Sounds on Love Theme from Spartacus, a track that for me fortifies and conveys the beauty of tragic love without a word to convey it. Which brings me to this conclusion: any music that moves you to feeling deeply is the only criterion that is fit to do justice to the incredible musicians who move us like no other and right in our listening rooms. IMHO

@stuartk 

thanks for taking time to respond to my comments…sorry to add any confusion. So let me try it this way. I would strongly suggest that for a musician their ultimate goal is to truly move the audience. My point is that for me the music I am familiar with has been the non-verbal emotional quality of a specific piece and not comparisons with other works. When I imply that a particular piece is fit (which I can see how this was not clear to you) is my way of saying that if the listener is truly moved than that is doing justice to what I assume to be the ultimate goal of a musician.

@mahgister. Your comment that between musician and audience is very often not related I suppose could apply to any creative work! And I would agree. The in between time-space that Martin Buber speaks to in “I Thou” and his I It I think convincingly expresses that mysterious experience where both participants are changed as a result, but not in any preconceived way. Being unrelated is in my opinion not only true oftentimes but also irrelevant.

@stuartk Thanks again for your  insights  from a musician’s perspective! BTW I was at the live Allman Brothers Fillmore East concert and from my memory it was like walking into an alternate reality that I didn’t want to end and which is a great example of what I was trying to communicate in my rather awkward choice of words. At least for me trying to put words to non-verbal experiences is challenging and in my comments it was hurriedly written. So thank you very much again for taking your time to respond. 

@mahgister  I appreciate you!