Brilliant Corners

Aimlessly wandering with a horn and some dudes not playing in unison in the background. Utterly boring, not impressed. Jazz is for Jazz People, it's just nonsensical noise the rest of the planet. 1 star

Really boring album. Mister Monk’s experiments with rhythm were a little bit too disjointed especially on the title track.

Can appreciate it but not my day to day vibe

Really struggled with this album - was so so bored for pretty much all of it, I think I actually hated it Bemsha Swing maybe my fave?

didnt finish, not my vibe but I can see others who like instrumentals liking this 1/10

I am prepared to believe that this is brilliant and Thelonious Monk is a jazz go, but I did not enjoy this. Too many horns and no groove.

did not like - this is the first album i couldn’t finish. i’m sure there’s something i’m missing because jazz isn’t my normal genre but it just feels unsettling, unfinished, and off.

Das mag was für Musiklehrer sein, für mich ist es Fahrstuhlmusik.

Further confirmation that jazz is not for me.

Couldn't get through the whole album. Don't mind jazz but this was not good.

I completely just don't get this type of free-form jazz piano. I'm sure people who get it see the artistry, but to me it always just sounds like playing piano terribly

(1/5 liked songs = 20%) There were no songs I didn't enjoy. But there also were no songs I really really liked. I don't know if that makes any sense.

Not my cup of tea

Gotta say the jazz was not really doing it for me

Random note jazz with no structure. Fits my 1 star criteria : after listening to entire album there is not a single "tune/sequence" in any song I would remember

Not a fan of Jazz

- I guess it sounds like it could be fun for the people soloing, who are clearly talented musicians, but this music leaves me cold, and I don’t want to be on the journey with them.

I hate jazz.

Not my thing

sounds like a toddler was let loose on the instruments.

Noodling around, dubious use of melody, they've made the saxophone annoying.

Didn't listen. Not my jam.

This took me back to when I was in my high school's jazz band and we played music like this. 2/5 overall - 1 for the memories = 1/5 In all seriousness, this album made me remember why I don't like jazz. I understand that the musicians here must have technical expertise in their playing, but it doesn't sound like it. But who am I to critique their musical prowess? I just can't believe the music sound so disorganized and badly executed.

Jazz not my bag

It’s not for me. It’s probably an amazing album for its fans, but jazz doesn’t really grab me.

utter crap! don't waste one precious second on this. Listening plain irritated me and then progressed to full on anger and resentment towards this unsyncopated, unharmonious, cacophonous noise. i didn't complete the album, i simply had to make it stop. if i could rate less than a full star then i would. zero would be a fitting score.

Hate it already! Slight tune then discordant. Will listen to more . Actually can’t listen to it anymore. I love a bit of slow tuneful Jazz! But this makes my teeth itch and my Bowels cramp. 0/5

Very messy jazz album that I didn’t really enjoy at all. Every songs had many parts that felt all over the place, out of rhythm. Not for me at all.

I wasn't in the mood for jazz

Dziwne

Not my thing. Just a bit boring unfortunately. 1/5 stars.

Our second pure jazz album, first was Mingus. At least Mingus stirred some emotion, this didn’t really do anything.

There are several band who whilst falling under the Prog rock banner, describe themselves as jazz fusion. Because of that I have for a while now said that I was OK with jazz. I can now officially say that I am not ok with jazz. The number of albums I have been subjected to on this journey is just too many. It's not completely unpleasant, but for me his album has no musical worth. 1

Tom and Jerry soundtrack.

The problem i have is that I'm now too historically and culturally distant from this sort of music to fully appreciate it. I did try in my 20's but I never stuck with it. That's not the music's problem, but mine. It was pleasant enough to listen to. But with the tracks being about 10 minutes long, my concentration kept wandering, then it would return a minute or so later, and I'd be back wondering if I'd actually missed anything.

I do not know what genre of jazz this is, but it is not for me. The 1 star is not based off musical skill, they are clearly massively talented. There's nothing for me to latch on to. Each song has some what of a motif or melody that does repeat but it's surrounded by chaotic noodling from each instrument. I can see how this would appeal to a fan of the genre, that's not me.

Won't be listening to that again. Shite.

Music which reminds me of what is being played as bacground music in a restaurant where they expect people to want to talk. It does not bother me, but I would never put on this at home when just listening to music. Not my cup of tea.

This is the sort of Jazz that I cannot stand. It's just seems to be random notes as far as I'm concerned.

1. Bemsha Swing 2. Pannonica 3. I Surrender, Dear

p32. 1957. 1 star. Just because someone is technically proficient does not mean they produce good music. It's jazz, its tedious, and it's got a xylophone FFS. Hard pass from me.

I was having a shitty enough day and then this stupid fucking website made me listen to jazz. Unlistenable and insufferable garbage. Damn near threw my computer out the window.

Annoyingly experimental and slow Jazz, which feels like they are constantly warming.

Its jazz. Its old jazz. But the lyrics were good.

Would have voted 0 stars if it was possible

Überfordert mich komplett - obwohl bestimmt technisch meistervoll

I’m sure in some dingy, smokey club in the 50s in America with 2 fingers of whisky, this shit would slot in perfectly. Impressive performances, as is standard from the genre, but this album is exactly the kind of aimless, meandering wankery that puts the vast majority of people off Jazz in general, myself unfortunately included. It is, at best, background music, and just in no way the kind of thing I’d ever actually want to sit and actively listen to. Brilliant Corners (3/10) Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lure-Are (3/10) Pannonica (4/10) I Surrender, Dear (2/10) Bemsha Swing (3/10) 3/10

Not a fan 3/5

Ich weiß, dass ich Jazz nicht verstehe, aber das war einfach langweilig und ich fand es nervig.

Not for me. Doesn't make me feel anything and is very slow. Not sure jazz is my cup of tea.

Brilliant corners. Sadly, what lies within them is unlistenable shit. I set out with an open mind, but this project is really starting to turn me against jazz... One of the keys on that piano is definitely a bit out as well!

Awful. Close to an hour of mindless, rambling instruments playing over each other. Not for me.

As technically good as this clearly is, it made me want to punch something.

Not that interesting, and at times the band didn't even sound locked in. Also, god forbid saxophonists make pleasing sounds come out of their instruments every once in a while.

hmm no likey

Album very Jazz. Contains much sound. It is rated. I respect how the other members play well with this pianist.

Even when it's good, instrumental jazz just bores me to death.

Not into jazz

Not on Amazon

An absolute horror to listen to; had a completely inhuman experience listening to this on Spotify. By the third track I had a hard time catching my breath

Kuulin viimeisessä kappaleessa toistoa ja kiinnostuin hetkeksi. Eikö toisto olekin puhtaan eron välttämätön ehto?

Jazz, or endless, self-indulgent, boring, obnoxious, noodling as I like to call it.

Not for me

Nope

Jazz ain't for me

Не моё.

Ugh... MORE jazz... I'm sure for what this is, it's wonderful... For me, however, it's just discordant background noise...

I don’t think Jazz is for me. Given it enough tries now to say this with confidence. I’d be cool with never hearing a trumpet ever again. I don’t even know if a trumpet was featured in this album though… There was definitely a horn of some sort featured in this… I’d be cool with blocking all horns from music now on.

2.5/10

Discordant noise

More like Boreloniois Stunk

Nope not for me

Respect, but not really my taste.

sadly i like words too much.

I have never listened to this group before. Listening conditions: lunch break walk on a sunny day to daily bread. Sitting outside with a small flat white and hazelnut pan au chocolate. Major background music vibes. I feel like this is the kind of music you only are super into if you have nostalgia attached to it, or if you grew up around this kind of music. It kinda reminds me of when you would be forced to listen to the various school bands do some random piece of music during an assembly.

Nogen dage ville jeg ønske at jeg kunne spille klaver. Et album som dette får mig til at tænke over hvor godt det er at jeg ikke har smidt mit tid i det... Det her er hårdt for mig at komme igennem. De spiller ikke dårligt, men bare Jazz...

Jazz. Langweilig.

Oh no, I don't like this kind of jazz at all. It sends a chill down my spine. Everything seems so atonal. For me, there is almost no structure in these songs. OK, expecting something melodic here is probably naive. The whole thing is called 'unconventional structure'. I admit, something like that can sometimes be interesting. Would I want to hear it again? Definitely not.

Aw man, this one is hard. I recognize the importance of Thelonious Monk, and I'm sure this album rocks some people's world. I just really dont like improv jazz with 15 minutes songs. I've tried to get into jazz for the last 20 years, and I give up. It's not you, it's me.

No thanks. Only song I could listen to for a bit was number 4, rest unbearable

I lack the gene to appreciate this style of music.

Never actually listened to some jazz improv, so really hard to rate it

I live for the day that I find a jazz album that I like enough that it leads me down the slippery slope to liking jazz. Unfortunately today wasn’t that day.

Didn't enjoy this sadly. A shame as I'd have loved to have been able to brag about loving a super cool Jazz album...

No - JAZZ -

A jazz album that is short, but seems to go on forever.

1. cornerz - 1 2. bolivar - 1.5 3. pannonica - 1 4. zurrender - 1.5 5. zuuing - 1.5

If this guys name wasn’t so cool id give this a zero

Piano notes off, too much randomness on instruments being played.

Not my bag, at all

I like jazz but without lyrics is tough for me to enjoy. It feels like elevator music or at most soothing background music. Artist is no doubt talented but hard to comprehend what makes this album specifically influential.

I HATE JAZZ

Managed to listen first song halfway. Jazz is definitely not my cup of tea.

Jazz is not for me at all. This album was pleasant in the background but that is as far as it goes for me. Favourite song: There was not one track I would like to listen to again Least favourite: Nothing was bad it was all just meh!! Album artwork: OK

Noodling background dinner music.

Just not my thing, not because it's Jazz, I'm just going on what I heard on this particular record.

Love and remember the beer fondly. I can say that there is a lot of talent on this album, but I am not going to seek it out necessarily because it is more of technical listen than I typically enjoy.

Jazz is just absolute wank.

Not a big fan of jazz

Brilliant corners 5/10 Ba lue bolivar ba lues are 3/10 Pannonica 4/10 I surrender dear 2/10 Bemsha swing 3/10 5/5 if you like jazz. 1-2 if you don’t.

I actually didn't listen to this but pshhhh

1/5 boring as fuck couldnt get through it

Jazz sucks

Nah

There are definitely faaaaar better jazz albums, and this sounded like it was just relatively monotonous bass in the background, and the saxophone (or whatever is being played by the other person) just going up and down without making very nice rhythm, and also some drums in the spare time. I understand that this is more than 65 years old, so it would have been cooler but nowadays it doesn't sound that great to me.

Fiddly, beepy, boopy, twiddly, twinkly, twonky noise. No thank you. Jazz is truly abysmal.

C'est bien si tu es dans un ascenseur

Didn’t like at all

truly the greatest piece of music ever written. Bravo radiohead this is truly better than any ricky Montgomery

Could bit listen to more than a few notes of each song

Listen, I've listened to a lot of jazz in my time and I have come to realize that I like more brass-heavy exciting jazz compositions rather than meandering slow, extremely improv heavy jazz. This album is the latter and I'm not ashamed to say I don't like it. This feels like background music at a restaurant, but I'm not at a restaurant I'm sitting and listening to this album straight through. Despite this record being technically very impressive, I just couldn't get into it.

Have I heard this album before? No Highlights: Rating: 3.5/10 I’m not really qualified on what makes jazz music enjoyable. I looked it up and this album is hard bop. Monk is clearly quite good at piano, but this style of you solo, I solo music doesn’t really click with me yet.

Least favorite album so far. I’m sure it would be cool to see live, but it was painful getting through the album.

Good jazz

Felt very samey! Ok as background music.

Not my style

Not for me

I always thought he sounded off key!

I really don't like jazz

Ich mag wohl keinen Jazz. Nervtötend.

Not really into jazz

Jazz just isn't my cup of tea at all. 1.5*, rounding down as even as far as jazz goes this is totally uncaptivating

i don’t like jazz albums

Não consegui ouvir o disco até o fim. Posso dizer que não tive maturidade suficiente neste momento para assimilar o disco.

Love it!!!

This is the kind of jazz I dislike, long, self indulgent and too jarring to just have on in the background.

Too jazzy for me. Might be brilliant, but I wouldn't know and just can't really appreciate it. Not my thing, would never choose to listen to this, even as background music, as I think it's a bit too jarring compared to other more mellow jazz we've had.

No thanks

Mercifully only 5 tracks long.

Admittedly, not really into jazz. I don’t mind having this in the background when working but nothing stands out for me. I didn’t even realize my music app was playing songs beyond the album.

Second jazzy album that I don’t like. It’s too “tinny” and grates on my ears.

Pants!! 👎🏼

It's just jazz, not really my type of jazz

I'm sure there's loads going on here but it's lost on me - just sounds like all other old jazz

Thankfully most of it wont play

This one just wasn't it, even as background

Brilliant corners really turned corners when I was trying to figure out the time of the song. Too disjointed for me to enjoy. Water from an ancient well was better

Personally did not like

Did not enjoy. I am sure there is some Jazz out there I would find palatable, but this isnt it. Found the music disjointed, grating and was relieved when it finished.

Hate this kind of jazz. Not for me.

Still not keen on jazz

Not for me

2/10. Not bad per say, just very much not for me. For jazz, it was mid still.

This is not for me. Would not listen again

Jazz sucks

I'm learning that Jazz is not my vibe

Disclaimer: Ik ben niet verlicht genoeg om jazz te kunnen doorgronden. Het is vast weer ontzettend knap, maar ook dit jazz album lijkt weer vooral gevuld te zijn met muzikanten die warmspelen en inblazen. Met vlagen is het alsof er vier kleuters met losse handjes zijn losgelaten in een muziekwinkel met ouders er omheen die het vanuit een soort blinde ouder-liefde geweldig vinden wat hun kroost op de mat legt. Het is alsof iemand geniaal is met Excel: Ik heb er respect voor en ik vind het knap, maar ik heb geen zin om drie kwartier te gaan zitten kijken naar hoe iemand anders zit te Excellen. Het beste aan dit album is dat het maar half zo lang is als Bitches Brew. Tussen de 1 en 2 sterren voor mij. Ik denk dat ik morgen op 1 klik.

Terrible kind of music…

I just don't like Jazz :-(

Hur många jävla jazzplattor är det bland de 1001. Blir så less så jag är på väg att ge upp.

theLonious

I don't like jazz.

0/5 A little too jazzy for me. I'm not much of a real jazz fan.

För stökig jazz

A tough listen

What did I learn today - bebop jazz (or any of its subgenres) is not as repulsive as avant-garde jazz, at least for my small mind, but is still very hard to listen to. I am sure that Thelonious Monk is a great pianist and song writer, but we have to operate at a completely different wavelength (as are every band members). Brilliant Corners may as well be renamed to Thousand Sharp And Edgy Corners, because that is how I felt trying to comprehend this album. Maybe one day I'll try again, but for sure this is not the one.

OK 3 mins in, is it all going to be like this? skip ahead... yep. I'm sure he was influential. However for me listening now, this is a hard no.

I tried, but this is just not my thing ... the slower, melodic, hotel-bar type of jazz that it is. Give me some furious drumming, sax solos, and virtuoso trumpeting ...

Gud det är så tråkigt med jazz

I hated this album.

I don't get the appeal of Jazz

Sounded the same

Mmm long jazz songs definitely love that Yeah made it through like 2 minutes

Toet toet! Ik snap wel dat ik deze vergeten was om een cijfer te geven. Dit is niet aan mij besteed.

First, use a piano that's in tune. Next find somebody that knows how to play it and by that I mean hitting the keys in the right order and at the right time.....

good music but not my thing

Just wanted it to stop

No, 1001 Albums, I won't let you do this to me, I refuse! Someone took some instruments, threw them into a washing machine, and set it to spin. They then took the result, threw it out of a tenth floor window, where it landed on some musicians and recording equipment. This is the result. I lasted ten minutes, much longer than I thought I could, or should have. This disorganises my thoughts and it hurts. It is not for me. Just no!

Well, this was fun. Not. Sorry, really not my type of music. It feels like elevator music and I didn't even notice when the album was over because Spotify just moved on to another album. Just music for the background that I couldn't bring myself to pay attention to.

Not the kind of jazz that I can appreciate.

Not my style

no jazz pfff

Not my thing, bit stressful . A lot of the songs sounded like the Cruella Deville theme song

A hate crime

Hated it

jAzZ 🤦‍♀️

The only Jazz I like is the Queen album.

Not through lack of trying but I just couldn’t get into this. For me the music just didn’t flow, constant change of tempo and beat made the music feel very disjointed.

This jazzy bop type of album is great to put on in the background, but it's not my type of music so it didn't appeal to me.

Not my thing

Not for me

Yeah, no thanks. I like Jazz too!

jazz

It’s jazz. If you like jazz then here’s some jazz for you. It sounds like all the other jazz so maybe this is good jazz or maybe this is middle of the road jazz. It’s definitely jazz though.

Nope...I am not a Jazz fan.

Not my taste

Jazzy jazz be doop a doop doop.