Reviews (page 12 of 13)
The songs on this album had too many simultaneous and conflicting rhythms/noises. Seemed too experimental for my taste. 2/5
Compared to the other jazz album this is really tough to listen to as there doesn’t seem to be a dominant melody. I’m by no means a jazz expert but I found this album to be really harsh on the ears and a bit all over the place this really wasn’t my cup of tea but I do respect the musicianship.
2.5 Look, I’m sorry, I just don’t get jazz. And that bums me out a little bit because I really want to be someone who is capable of appreciating all genres of music, but despite this being the #14 highest rated album of all-time on rateyourmusic.com, nothing about it speaks to me any more than any other jazz album I’ve heard. I know that there’s something I’m missing, and I’m honestly a little envious of those who can pick up on it because personally, I feel like I just listened to a bunch of random instrumentation here. That’s not to say this album is objectionable by any means - I would rather listen to it over many other albums we’ve seen on this list so far - but I just don’t see a situation where I would opt to put this on for pure personal enjoyment. I know it takes a certain level of musicianship to be able to freestyle like this, but that just doesn’t automatically equate to personal enjoyment in my book. Anyway, I think I’ve made my point. All that to say though, I’m always looking to explore new music (hence why I started this project in the first place), so as long as jazz albums continue to exist, I’ll continue to give them a chance - still hoping for that one that finally makes it click for me.
It’s alright, I’ve heard better jazz, and I didn’t do research to know if this was an influential album or not.
Hold da op. Eksperimenterende er vist ikke ramt helt ved siden. Synes det er svært at lytte til. Om ikke andet glemmer man da alle tanker og bliver nærmest tvunget nye følelser ind i kroppen. Track C er det nummer jeg nød mest. Kræver nok flere lytninger.
Some solid jazz, enjoyed the smoother parts. But the wild/chaotic parts were a bit to much for me. Sounded all jumbled up. Listened a second time, I can appreciated the musicianship, but its so overly complex that nothing goes together. Like listening to 2 bands play at once. At this time, I just don't get this kind of jazz. Maybe time will change me
Kinda fun. I'm not particularly a fan of jazz for some reasons - seems chaotic, each song is generally the same, and there are no words. Other than the 1980's electric guitar and drums, I am not typically as impressed/interested in the music of songs but more the voice. So it was not bad for ability's sake like 1996 pop album a few days ago, just not something I am personally interested in. So my rating is not a hit against the artist or album, just the style as a whole. 2/5
Its a very experimental avant garde and off course jazz reccord, so i’m not an expert in jazz so i’m not sure to have fully catch the essence of it.
Experimental, iconoclastic jazz. Not the biggest fan of Mingus but this is certainly an interesting listen. Not sure I connected with the record, but I can still give points for the craft on display.
Sounded nice sat on a verandah in France but would've been tiresome otherwise.
It wasn't unpleasant to listen to but I just don't really get jazz.
Too freeform
Good jazz is still jazz to me. Appreciate this guy’s talent but won’t be listening again. Was in the queue for passport control listening to the last track and it was a never ending song in a never ending queue. So. Thanks Charles
Cool
Mingus was a powerful figure in Jazz, but this isn't my thing.
Ok so this isn’t for me. A lot of twiddly doo and twoddly daa. I can understand how some people think this is peak music, but jazz is a real struggle for me.
Smooth jazz. Hurt my ears
Too much screechy sax
haha Mingus. He's got a horn.
Not a jazz guy. This was fine. Mingyyyyy
An entire album of jazz just gets tedious
I like jazz, but this was only ok.
I know this is good but my brain isn't used to it. Made me quite stressed? Loved how the trumpet sounded like a voice throughout.
too boring zz
I like Jazz, but this sort of grates on me. 2 stars
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Track B- Duete Solo Dancers (2) 2 - Track C- Group Dancers (3) 3 - Track A- Solo Dancer (1)
Van mij hoeft het niet, dit soort jazz in de lijst. Dit is toch vooral een boel getoeter. In z'n soort wellicht aardig gedaan, maar op een gegeven moment ben ik het wel zat. Ik heb vast wel eens beter gehoord dan dit.
Jazz volgens het vooroordeel: (schijnbaar!) zonder vooropgezet plan gewoon wat doen. Waardoor er soms een verrassende harmonie ontstaat, maar soms er juist geen enkele sprake is van harmonie. En dat laatste komt bij mij het hardste binnen. Versterkt door op sommige momenten een volstrekt willekeurig geluid.
After 6 5-star albums in a row I suppose I had to get some jazz. Not as bad as Ornette Coleman but it still has a lot of jarring sounds.
A mess, a musical mess of tooting and blowing. Just not my thing at all.
Not easy listening but interesting and enjoyable depending on your mood
Urgh jazz
I'd appreciate it more in the right setting, say maybe in a late night cocktail bar. Tuesday morning getting ready for work was not my right setting for a first listen.
Interesting, but a little too experimental for my tastes.
Tja, dit deed me denken aan een David Lynch film soundtrack en daarom vond ik 't eigenlijk nog best te pruimen. Voorzichtig 2 sterren dan maar.
Op een goed moment denk ik dat ik dit best zou kunnen waarderen. Maar die momenten zijn schaars, ben ik bang. Heel schaars.
Too jazzy for me. There's too little structure and it feels too improvised for my liking.
Simply not my kind of music, so guess I shouldn't review this album. Two stars might be unfair...
There were tiny moment where I thought I heard something that resembled music as I understand it… it came close once or twice. But mostly this is just a wall of noises. An audio Jackson Pollock. Avoid.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: It’s not bad just not my thing Favourite song: didn’t have one
One day my music taste will be refined enough that I can fully appreciate this. Today's not that day.
Preferred prior I think
There's jazz and there's Jazz with a capital J. The first is all about a feeling. It's about groove and swagger, rhythm and that magic thing that happens when a group of talented musicians are in the pocket together. This isn't that type of jazz. This is capital J Jazz. It's discordant and uncomfortable on purpose. The minute they hit a grove, they immediately shy away from it like a horse hitting an electric fence. Mingus is an exceptional musician but it seems as though he was actively working to make this album unenjoyable to the average listener. Capital J Jazz is so often a form of gatekeeping. It feels like hazing. "If you can't take the pain... if you're not willing to be humiliated... if you don't want it enough to commit the crime... well, you don't belong in the cool kids crowd." I'm not willing to put up with this nonsense so I guess I'm not cool. I can live with that. And I'll be happy to never have to listen to this again.
Pretty serious jazz over here mumma mia
This is where jazz and I were not meant to be together. I hear it — the exceptional musicianship, the intricate and deliberate arrangement, the intentional dissonance and musical interplay. I imagine, as a player, what a rush it must be to contribute and commit to the music in the moment. In a live setting, this might even be thrilling. But I can't say I enjoyed listening to the album. I couldn't find a way in. I appreciated many moments, the flamenco guitar was a surprise guest, but on the whole, there were no threads for me to take hold of, I found the brass too brash and noisy, and the music too dense and disconnected overall. Rather than transported, I was becoming agitated. So, as they say in the breakup game, it's not you, it's me. I tried, but I couldn't relate.
Not a super huge jazz fan, but it was beautiful nonetheless.
Not my kind of jazz
I don't like jazz 5/10 boring
I think that guy from La La Land would love this.
I just don’t get jazz.
This isn't very good, I fear either subjectively* or objectively. Getting his psychiatrist to write an introductory essay muddies the critical waters sufficiently to distract from this basic understanding. It's a cacophony of undistllled discontent, but much more likely to disengage than to rope people into the cause. *You have listened to Pithecanthropus Erectus, right? So what the hell I'm I supposed to do with this?
I don't understand jazz.
It’s ambient music so it’s supposed to be boring and uninteresting….. but it isn’t, some catchy loops.
It’s fun, yeah. I think I’ll leave it at that. Interesting that it was composed as a ballet. Next?
You know that meme with the football coach removing his headphones while looking visibly repulsed? That was me towards the end of this record. Not to say it was bad but man did this take me on a journey! I would go from feeling like I took five espresso shots to feeling like I was the main character of a romantic film in two seconds. There are parts that sound GREAT, there are parts that sound messy and overwhelming. But what do I know? I'm a terrible judge of jazz
Not my kind of Jazz; fully understand that some might dig this though. For me it is too frantic
Faites que ça cesse
I tried. I really tried.
fomeque
Too much goinng on
Not for me
Worth listening to, but my undiscerning hear has a hard time appreciating was is/isn't great jazz. Do enjoy as background music though. 2.5/5
Sounds like a steamy film noir soundtrack or something. I don’t know shit about jazz but didn’t particularly enjoy this.
Ya like jazz?
I didn't hate this album, but I couldn't really get into it, either. I guess it was okay as background music, but there was nothing memorable about it. I don't understand the appeal of jazz.
Nothing has soured me on jazz quite as much as actually listening to jazz.
I'm just not a jazz man. so don't ask me.
Apparently this is an all time great jazz album, with elements of classical, African and Spanish music, and genius orchestration. Unfortunately, my jazz ear is not fine tuned enough to recognise any of this. It sounded ok-ish, but a bit of a cacophony in places. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Track A – Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!) Date listened: 08/07/22
A bit too freestyle for my liking.
not my type
enjoyable jazz but sometimes it got a little weird sounding. i do appreciate the subtitles for each movement, because it definitely added to the overall experience. mingus had a vision!
I assume this is considered "avant garde jazz" due to the mixture of jazz and classical stylings. The songs themselves are even arranged in and structured like classical movements rather than modern music tracks. When listening to classical works, my ear always gravitates towards the piano, and I really enjoyed Mingus's piano playing on this album. The brief, added Latin flair that was dabbled here and there was a nice surprise that I also loved! I'm still not finding myself to be much of a jazz fan, though! I think my overall enjoyment was rooted in some of the more out-of-the-box moments and less around the jazz itself. Still, a worthy listen!
This one is definitely not for me. Cover art 4 out of five
Mingus schmingus Got quite noisy near the end. Kept thinking it would get better.
En formato de trompeta, y algún instrumento más, canciones instrumentales sin más. Nada de vocalización. Imagino que para muy entusiastas. Personalmente no me ha supuesto nada escucharlo
Jazz for jazzmusikere. Burde hørt det live på en bar, og ikke på jobb. Noen gode sekvenser, men litt støyete.
I’m sure it’s probably good, just not my cup of tea.
i dont understand the point of jazz besides setting an ambiance in a film or something, this one is alright i guess not too fancy last song is quite intense
Jazz op de vrijdagochtend. Apart album met track A t/m D met als laatste een lengte van 18+ minuten. Ow, wacht, ik moet naar de muziek luisteren. Niet zo mijn ding, maar niet slecht, denk ik. **
far too much jazz in this baby for me to handle.
Where's Maddie, SHACK?
New music and a new artist for me. I have listened to a limited amount of Jazz, and I have wanted to re-listen to only a small portion of what I have listened to. Mingus' album was too cacophonous for me. I did not enjoy this album.
Just made me anxious
It's a jazz album. There is no singing just instruments. It is better than some of the previous jazz albums on this list but I would still not listen to it again.
No
Well, this probably went over my head. The better passages reminded me of the Taxi Driver soundtrack, but otherwise I found this pretty much unlistenable.
It’s jazz so I have not really any interest… Veryyy long sings that I did not pay attention to…
Man this complicated jazz thing again. I really want to like it, but half the time I think it's emperor's new clothes and they're having a laugh at everyone who says they like it. I'll keep trying though. I hate being out of the loop.
Charles Mingus' epic ballad combining jazz and classical music in an orchestral setting titled 'The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady' released in 1963. This album is in fact one continuous composition divided into four tracks and six movements. Mingus' masterpiece is one of the most acclaimed jazz records of the 20th century, and has also been described as the greatest achievement in orchestration by any composer in jazz history. The music tells an amazing story over the course of the album from an enchanting jazz orchestra. I recommend everyone to lend an ear to this interesting piece of music history.
jazzy wazy
Goed coor op achtergrond
only 4 songs that’s powerful xx very jazzy but i don’t think it’s actually that good couldn’t finish it but it’s okay
Not totally bad, but goes a bit random jazz on you during most tracks, so not my bag baby!
Ich hab Respekt davor, es ist aber wirklich nichts für mich.
Well. That was...music?
Not my vibe, but if I was a middle aged man in 1963 I would vibe heavily to it
I’m of the opinion that improvisational music should be played, not listened to. That is all.
very nice, and also not something I'd ever listen to again. does that make sense.
The Wikipedia article for this one sounded really promising. The musicians are without a doubt talented and the compositions multi-layered and multi-faceted. Yet, I found this album really difficult to listen to. There's a lot of dissonance going on, making the album very jarring and distracting during work. It's a good example of how technical prowess isn't enough if the music is inaccessible.
just too jazzy
Wel bijzondere jazz maar ik houd niet zo veel van jazz
Meh
Not really pleasant 2.5/5
Vika biisi jäi kesken. Ei koveta
I have to confess I don't really know the right setting for listening to this. It gets pretty hectic and intense in parts, so I can safely say it's not for work background music. I might need a tutorial on how to properly enjoy it before listening again.
Not the jazz that I can listen to
I have tons of respect Mingus and there’s clearly some talented playing going on here but this is the type of jazz that I feel like I really don’t understand
Was not bad. Just not my style.
It was okay.
Thankfully it was short. Jazz is not my thing.
Extremely tedious to listen to. Definitely nothing you would listen to in the background as I can tell from firsthand experience. Very saxophone/trumpet heavy. Never really gave Jazz a chance. It's not bad per se but I can't seem to dig it much. Maybe it's cause I have little to no exposure in terms of Jazz, but I can't let myself "fall". With my favourite kind of music there usually is this one chord progression, instrument swell, this one part of the vocals paired together with some lyrics that moves me emotionally. This is a whole different beast. I can acknowledge that this is probably good Jazz and there are interesting ideas. However, it is not made for my ears - as of now at least. (In parts it sounds like what I imagine would be the soundtrack of tooth ache if it had one, lol.)
I feel that if l live in the 60s, I will appreciate this.
Crazy ass jazzy trip
Jazz. Not my style. Rinse. Repeat.
Some very nice brass playing although at times self indulgent as Jazz appears to me
Didn't like abstract side 1, but side 2 with flamenco guitar and repeated melodies was good. Reminded me of 1950s cinema and the Taxi Driver soundtrack.
Jazz. No words. Kinda lame.
I didn't dislike _The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady!_ I think the key was that I had it on in the background while I was trying to figure out how to Blender something, and it was over before I really knew it. I'm not really into modern or avant jazz like this- my jazz jams basically end at the end of the 40's, with the death of big band and swing jazz. I think if everything was more coherent, it would have been better, but it's obvious that's not where they wanted to go with this
I first became interested in Mingus when I heard that Joni Mitchell dedicated an album to him. Coincidentally I've been listening to some of his stuff over the last month, especially the album, Ah Um. I would give most of them high marks, but not this. I'm not a fan of free form jazz, especialy with a larger ensemble.
Sorry, but no
As far as jazz goes this was more enjoyable. Can't say I particularly loved it though
probably technically brilliant, but just not fun to listen to.
I'm sure its good if you like avant garde jazz
Great coordination between members, very tight performances. Found the muted horns to be kinda grating by the end. Only slightly related, I have difficulty discerning great jazz from merely good jazz. I know what I like and don't like, and I'd say I only slightly liked this. Fav/least fav is a bit unnecessary for this album.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Saint_and_the_Sinner_Lady -enjoyed the latin guitar on track ‘mode d’
Jazz is and is not my music. To much improvisation is to much for me. But some part of the Tracks were nice. I like slow and easy listening jazz.
Très peu convaincu. Je vois ce que ça peut avoir apporté d'une manière générale, mais pour mon goût personnel ça joue trop sur la dissonance et c'est trop peu structuré, ça me stresse. Dommage !
En osaa, en ymmärrä enkä tajua tällaista musiikkia. Varmaan ihan merkittävä levy ja plaaplaa. Parempi kuin Coltrane.
Not my jam
This was more bearable that the other jazz ones we've had but still not that nice.
I feel bad giving this a 2 because it’s probably a great jazz album but some of the numbers sounded like 2 different bands playing 2 different songs at the same time.
Correct background Jazz
Some ok some songs just noise
Not really into jazz, and this didn’t do it for me on first listen. Maybe more listens will make it grow on me?
a nice listen, both too sparse and too busy for me at points, definite talent but not a jam for me
I listened to this album back in around 2024 and I wrote this; "I love jazz music. However, this album felt like different noises being played into my ears at an annoyingly loud level for a really long period of time it was absolute garbage with some highlights. ( which was when those noises weren’t screaming into my ear )" and honestly, I wasn't that wrong. This album really is a bunch of noises in your ears that are semi relaxing and strange all at the same time. I am not sure if its my cup of tea, especially since I had dreaded returning to this one.
Eh
This album sounds like 4-5 guys were each in separate studios and told to play along to the music in their headphones, and none of the music in the headphones was the same. There's jazz I like and then there's this freeform stuff, which is what music would sound like if you taught housecats to play instruments.
Messy and noisy
Damit kann ich nichts anfangen.
There was definitely a lot happening. A little anxiety inducing. Did I love it? No. But that’s ok, music is cool because there’s something for everyone. This one just wasn’t for me. (4 songs, 39 mins)
The Jazz keeps happening.
Lovely and relaxing !! Fav song is ‘Track A’.
Not my genre
Annoying. I feel like people pretend to like this to appear sophisticated.
I dont like this album
not my type
I’ll often rate jazz albums two stars because I respect it even though I don’t really enjoy it much. But this was just too unpleasant. Another reviewer used the word cacophany. And that’s perfect.
I have decided I just don't like jazz
The description in Apple Music made this sound like some amazing, groundbreaking work but I couldn’t say the same thing. It was a confusing mess. Makes me wonder what they were thinking when they recorded it…“Hey, let’s all play at the same time and out of tune and call it hip!”
I can't lie, I don't see the value in this one. It's simultaneously too prescribed to qualify as "jazz" and too chaotic to qualify as "must-hear", especially while I still have a pulse. I gain nothing by hearing this, and you likely don't either.
Jesus Christ. I actually enjoy Jazz and Jazz fusion compared to the average cretin. This was so BAD it’s not even mid. Want to listen to an incoherent Jazz jam session where half the instruments enter and exit at random intervals? Well listen to this shit!
Not for me
Musik, man får angst af Jeg bliver aldrig fan af jazz 1.6
I can't get into this. It's noisy and all over the place.
Meh
I’m just not sophisticated enough to distinguish good jazz from bad jazz. But this sounded like terrible jazz at times. Yes yes yes, I know it’s supposed to be like this, but in places they all seemed to be playing different songs. My brain just doesn’t compute that, so it will be a hard pass for me.
I hate jazz, and I hated this jazz as much as any jazz I’ve ever hated.
It was okay.
Ihan kelpoa soitantaa, mutta jazz ei vaan ole meikäläisen makuun, varsinkaan tälläinen ”kakofoninen jazz”. Tämä ei toimisi edes kiireettömänä sunnuntai-aamuna, vaan tästä tulee todella rauhaton ja sekava fiilis.
Vraiment pas ouf, du bruit
Not a fan
didn’t listen fully to it. Sorry just not my jam rn
Some of this (especially the start of track B & C) reminded me of orchestral pieces. Like a nice piano concerto. Unfortunately I find the jazz instruments to be far more grating than orchestral ones when they join in.
Track A- Solo Dancer: I know I'm not a fan of jazz generally but it's usually at least inoffensive; this is the stuff of nightmares. If you were brink-of-breakdown this would tip you right in. Gave up near the end of that one as an act of self-care xo.
No.
Oh dear
Not exactly easy listening or a repeat track.
A jazz album with very impressive performances, but there weren't really any parts that stood out to me as being catchy or interesting or particularly enjoyable to listen to. It feels very improvised, experimental and lacking structure. Maybe I'd warm to it more with another listen but I didn't enjoy the first one.
This just sets my whole mental health off to a new level. Probably wasn’t the day to listen, a Monday. As jazz goes fair enough, hands down, great talent,I’m not a jazz person myself I find it very hard to listen to if it’s not a live performance. Heads on fire
first song impression—sounds like flies are having a drunken relay race around my head or a middle school band starting their warm-ups at different times. second song impression—sounds better and slightly more cohesive. a good song to sway to…. nevermind the beat keeps changing dramatically. third song impression—i’m so incredibly confused not finishing the rest
Sorry Charles, it’s not you, it’s me.
god i really dont like jazz
I had to bail halfway through the 4th track because I started getting a headache 🫠 there are some nice riffs happening but wow they are drowned out by every musician trying to play as loud as possible. I would personally deliver a mute to the trumpeter if I knew where to take it.
Nei fyfaen. Det her e ikke noe for me.
really over stimulating jazz. couldn’t rly listen to it tbh
Chaotic and not really musical
Tough jazz for me
Justnot for me
nei fy faen
Hate jazz
Much of the same old jazz from Mingus but with a little flamenco flare. Black Saint was slightly more entertaining then previous jazz entries but still blah. Maybe needed a some more sinner lady to spice it up...1.18 stars.
I like the the name Charles Mingus. I am not into the music that he makes apparently. A bunch of horns and squeaks spread out of 40 minutes does little to convince me this is peak jazz in any way. So many of these albums from the jazz's so-called golden era are just a bunch of skippable noise for the most part. 1.32 stars
I'm Not the Biggest fan I attempted to do my stats but couldn't get past the second song There's no lyrics :(
im not listening to this
Not my jam
I don't get it. I just don't get it. I see the word "cacophony" used a lot in reviews, both positive and negative. That's exactly what much of this felt like to me, but very much in a negative way. This did nothing but confound me. This has been my least favorite album of this project so far. I greatly respect the talent of the musicians, but I just did not enjoy this one.
Absolutely Mingus. This was the dictionary definition of hard work and stressful. You get that there's loads of talent in there, but why is no-one suggesting that maybe everyone doesn't need to break the world notes-per-minute record for a solid 39 minutes? Less is more Charles! This is bad jazz.
I did not like this album. It didn’t fit my style of music
Musical masochism.
Ich mag Jazz aber das war mir zu verkopft
A very loud and messy jazz album that was almost a chore to sit through. This one is about 40 minutes too long
Jazz
Nein
I guess I respect the groundbreaking nature of this but the musical sensation was awful and could not listen
Screeching Sax. No more please. DNF. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): ⭐ Didn't like it. Saved no tracks.
Rein instrumental. Bisher das schlechteste Album der Reihe
We’ve been through this - I don’t like jazz.
Totalt ointresserant för mig tyvärr.
NO MORE FUCKING JAZZ
Clearly I’m not cut out for jazz as this was a mess for me. I enjoyed the Spanish style guitar interludes but otherwise found the entire thing tough to follow and enjoy. 1/5
This music was overwhelming for me.
Chaotic. Occasionally discordant-feeling. Improvisational vibe. Track #2… so it’s really gonna be like this the whole way through, huh? Hard to believe this was only 5 years before In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. What a diverse musical culture this country has. Track 4’s Spanish guitar was unexpected and made me smile haha! I’ve heard track 4 sampled in other songs, I’m sure of it. Around the 5:45/6 min mark. Very experimental album. Overall did not enjoy.
Not a fan, sounds kind of annoying
so this is probably objectively a good album but it’s just so not my style of music unfortunately i only made it through the first 2 songs
Музыка: 3/10 Разнообразие: 5/10 Тематика и вайб: 2/10 Цепляемость (отдельные песни зашли): 1/10 Реиграбельность (можно ли рандомно врубить на фон): 2/10 Итог: 2.6
Jazzy jazz. If you like jazz, you’ll like this album. Blah blah jazz, jazz blah blah. Blah blah blah blah. It all sounds the same. 1001 album worthy: no - 106/199
p63. 1963. 1 star. Jazz :( sounds like the soundtrack to a bad late 1950s British gangster film. Technically proficient but... meh.
Not my thing.
This reminded me why I never listen to pure jazz
Not a fan of jazz
About as tolerable as a jazz ballet can be. Not my thing in the slightest. At least it isn't too long.
Not my jam, I know this before I even listen based on my disinterest in Jazz. I know the name, it's just not a genre I enjoy or understand. It's chaotic noise, meet in the middle for a minute, and go separate your ways again. I'm not mathematical, I'm not an musician, but I have an ear for music, to appreciate Jazz you have to be both I believe. I went to recording school and all my teachers whether they played rock or country all appreciated Jazz. Being a player helps you understand and This was so horn heavy and in a way I find ugly and cumbersome, throw in the piano that doesn't even go with the song. I got no enjoyment from listening to this, none. 1 star as I'm sure he's a good musician and master of his art, I just hated every minute of it. No hits, no staying power, small listen count for a 60 yr old record and only Jazz aficionados would find this rewarding.
Well played but boring.
I like house, rap, and country music. Not this
I really struggled with this album. I'm someone who likes jazz, but this was something else. It was a nightmare of cacophonous noise that rarely met up for anything pleasing. I wanted to like the more melodic moments, but I couldn't enjoy them because they were sandwiched between screeching horns or rhythm players doing their own thing as loudly as possible.
Christ, I hate jazz, and today I learned that avant-garde jazz is even worse than the other kinds. I thought this was sprawling mess of wtf?!? It’s just too crazy, and I really don’t think that avant-garde is my kind of jive. I don’t like it, I don’t want to like it, and I am not going to like it.
Not my type of music
Felt like Spongebob, trying to develop a taste for free form jazz. I didn't succeed.
Random noise
It’s jazz idc about jazz
ingen lyrics🖕🖕
Way too much for what I was doing
Not my cup of tea.
A half dozen or more instruments and artists, each doing their own thing - walking over one another to create a muddied pool of sound with no discernable flow. Occasionally a melody would bubble to the surface as two or three of the musicians came together (or the others stopped playing). But these moments were fleeting as the wall of noise returned. I enjoy some jazz, but I won't listen to this again.
I don't get it. It was just a lot of noise. Would probably have been excellent if they weren't all on top of each other.
Nah
Obviously extremely talented, but did nothing for me. I don't think I have much of an appreciation for instrumental jazz personally. There were some beautiful piano moments in here, though.
Oof.
Sounds a bit disjointed and cacophonous
WTF? How do people listen to Jazz? Started out bad and never got better! Can you add a 0 stars option?
Jazz ain't my thing
la la land was right, I need to see jazz to actually fell it
The jazz trumpet sounds like a fart.
Is the band supposed to be warming up for the whole album? Who needs water boarding when this album exists …
I know, I know that jazz is the foundation of all rock music and the bedrock of human culture and all that other crap that old white guys on NPR say. But, damn, it's also the wellspring of basically I hate in rock: outwardly flashy showmanship for the sake of showmanship, structure that's all over the place, "music for musicians," and all the other chin-scratching concerns of ponderous quasi-intellectual music praise.
nigger
Hmmm… Jazz…! Not for me, there were some element that I enjoyed, but they were for about 6 seconds before the song changed again! Creative but no structure imo!
I’ve often felt like jazz in general is a collection of talented musicians who want to flex their talents at how quickly they can play notes, over play a riff, or put together a collection of notes and time signatures that don’t make a good melody, but are good for the fact that they don’t make a good melody. This album hasn’t swayed me from that position one bit. It’s all a collection of musicians flexing what they can do in an ensemble setting. A cornucopia of noise. Hot garbage.
Not for me. Too crazy jazzy
The 60s was not a good decade for jazz or ballet and this is a 60s jazz ballet.
Not my style
Absolute garbage. I hate jazz on principle for the most part but this is even worse than the norm. Sounds like somebody who just ate a half dozen bean burritos from Taco Bell farting into a microphone.
Sorry this one just didn’t capture me. The John Coltrane jazz album was so good and I had high hopes for this jazz album but there was nothing that stood out to me and a lot of it sounded like cat screeching. Again sorry. But it just wasn’t for me.
Repetitive musical motifs adapt and take on new meanings as the improvisation and rhythms around them constantly evolve and alter the musical context, like shifting river of mercury weaving it's way down a gentle incline. It's intriguing stuff and the performances are sublime. It's also - to this listener - dull as dishwater. More interesting than the only Miles Davis entry I have encountered thus far, but every bit as inaccessible to my tastes in music, I'm afraid.
Sorry, I just fucking hate jazz. it breaks my brain, makes me feel anxious, I can't focus or think straight with it on.
Oof - not for me.
Interesting Jazz but not my thing
Not for me
I mean this with all sincerity: FUCK jazz Sadly I can’t rate lower than 1
Not my bag
If jazz is your thing, you'll like it.
Jeezo, that would drive you up the fucking wall !
I'm sure that the Avant-garde jazz folks love this album. I can tell the musicians are talented, but.... It sounds like a bunch of folks on stage just noodling away with their instruments. I liked the couple of bits of flamenco guitar in there, but that was an accent on one piece, not even enough to say it made up a song. For me, 1/5. Please, no more jazz.
I'm as uncultured as ultra mega processed milk. God I hated this.
No me gusta el jazz, puede que sea uno de los motivos por los que no entiendo el disco. No suena bien en mis oídos, al menos de momento... imagino que con más escuchas podré apreciarlo mejor.
I don't get it. It's like no one told these guys they're a band and they're just out there playing 4 separate songs at once. There's seconds that sound like music and then it goes back to noise. Maybe I'm just too dumb to get it.
Experimental Jazz. Experiment failed in an overbearing, dissonant, disturbing manner.
Learned today that experimental jazz is definitely not my thing. From a talent angle though, this was definitely impressive.
Too improvisational for my liking
Dramatic and interesting, but kind of anxiety-inducing. Frenetic.
Not for me. Sorry
didnt listen
01) Track A – Solo Dancer - 4,0 02) Track B – Duet Solo Dancers - 3,5 03) Track C – Group Dancers - 3,0 04) Mode D – Trio and Group Dancers Mode E – Single Solos and Group Dance Mode F – Group and Solo Dance - 2,0 TOTAL: 3,13 (31/100)
How does rubbish like this sell? All the jazz heads will sneer at my lack of sophistication, but the emperor still has no clothes. This is trash. It's pointless. There's the occasional melodic bit, but those are lifted from elsewhere. It's mainly just people playing random snatches of music, or imitating sirens or the like. The musicians are clearly good, but what a waste of their talent.
Me pareció bastante aburrido. Solo le encontré un poco de disfrute mientras manejaba por un pueblito por el Olympic National Park, donde podría haber sido una ambientación de una escena de una película.
could i write poetry to this? n
I like a lot of Mingus, especially the song Moanin, and the album Mingus ah um. This one is just too "experimental" for me. I found the whole thing irritating.
An extremely tough listen. Like listening to someone scrape their nails down a blackboard 🤮
Like nails on a chalkboard 1 ⭐️
This is jazz, not into this album at all
Cool, an entire album that sounds like the orchestra warming up before they actually play songs. You know songs, those things with some structure, melodies, and other things that make you actually WANT to listen to it. I just don't get jazz, especially this type, at all.
1 - I’m sure this was revolutionary for its time, and it seems like there’s a lot of talent behind it, but my god why 39 minutes of pure jazz no vocals or anything. Couldn’t be further from what I like
Unlistenable to my ear
I don't understand jaz. It puts me in a bad mood. I listened to this album in its entirety. The first track sounded like a bunch of kids tuning their instruments, and it just went downhill from there. To my ears, it's just messy, repetitive noise and it made me want to punch something.
not that it's not good, just not for me right now
What am I listening too? This sounds like somebody put multiple musicians in one room that didn't hear each other and just played what they wanted. Didn't finished it...
I don't get jazz at all. Play some random nonsense that sounds bad and goes nowhere. Zero redeeming features. Awful.
Started to listen and made it through the first one, much too jazzy and instrumental for me
I was stressed out before I started this, and now feel decidedly worse. This is not what I needed today. I enjoy dream pop (e.g. Julee Cruise) and I did hear the occasional low tempo, moody section but for the most part it sounded like that bastard Jerry made poor Tom stick his fingers in the power socket again.
Absolute crap. Sound like 4 year olds having a jam session.
Not a jazz fan, apparently.
Did not like this collection of sounds.
no, not today!
Do people actually listen to this? Can I vote 0 stars? Did they pull non-musicians of the street, put instruments in their hands, and say play all togethere? Blah!
Reminds me of being in the band room in high school before practice started and everyone is just aimlessly noodling
I´m not into jazz. And this album is even more overtwisted than others. 🤯 Some nice tunes but in general no pleasure to listen to for me. 1,5
That's not my taste in musik.
Would give this 0 stars if I could. Just noise. I cannot understand why people would like this.
This is the worst kind of jazz for me. No beginning, no middle and seemingly no end. It just meanders on like they are warming up their instruments before the show begins. But the show never did begin.
It's jazz and to make things worse it's avant-garde jazz, which means it sounds like a collection of random noises played by "musicians" who were in different locations at different times.
It's... jazzy .. I hate jazz. This isn't even good enough for me to recommend to people who like jazz.
No
I’m just not into jazz, no matter how much this challenge will try to make me be into it. Just not my thing
Chaotic jazz.....1.5
Weird
Nope
No
Too chaotic for me. It was not an enjoyable listen for me and I do not think it is a relevant record, so it's under the bar compared to the rest of albums in this experience.
Not for meeeee