So, what's a sophisticated album like you, doing in a place like this?
Report this review (spam, insults, etc.)Carybe • 2011-12-20 13:02:56
Even for an undiscriminated and avid music consumer like me, this was a though one... I mean is. But you know what they say... when the going gets tough, the tough get going... and I'm far from being an expert, so what I do is trust my intuition and escape the best I can from the common sense and preconceptions and make of any listening, a personal challenge experience. And what happens, is that quite often, it returns as a very rewarding one.
Then, there I stood, like David before Goliath... sure it's also a very long album... so I went for a scotch, which in fact happened to be irish, and finally pressed on play.
It must be understood that, my headline, is in no way directed towards any form of discrimination or sectorisation. The fact is and that must be undoubtedly handed, we are in the presence of an improvisation based and conceived musical work, with all the risks and dexterity requirements associated. And it is not necessary to be an expert, to understand at least what's at stake. Whether one likes it or not, it's right away perceptible that, this is really a praiseworthy and meritorious work. The quality of the musicians is too much of an evidence and despite that structural and musically, it may be of difficult access to the average music appreciator, some daring and persistence, will not only do the trick, as even compensate. Jazz is not, by itself, really an easy kind of musical genre. And then, constant generic variations and dispersions... and extensive tracks, also don't help its accessibility and generalization. The structural lines, that could serve as a safe port or vehicle through and along them, not only are often quite complicate as even absent. But and despite these or any other considerations related to the inherent difficulties that the genre may initially present, they must not constitute an handicap or a barrier to the curious and musical adventurer. Instead, they may and must be regarded as a challenge of discovery. And in the case, I'm sure, it will end up being quite a compensatory and thrilling experience... and finding out more about our limits, comes always also, as a part of it and allows us to go even further next time.
Talking about ending up... there's also no more scotch... I mean irish... I mean whatever... it wasn't really necessary, anyway... just an excuse.
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