Home Is Where The Music Is

If you don't like this album, you don't like jazz. And I can confidently say that I don't like jazz.

One of the greatest trumpeters of all time.Love is work.

Would LOVE if I were in a bar with low lighting, sipping a negroni and smoking a cigarette. Then I’d be, like, “wow, this is my jam”. But I was not.

Fri med stor F

SimCity music

Bien

Good listening music.

For me Jazz equals sleep. 2 stars or D.

I like the trumpet, but not that much

It's ok. I must be picky with my jazz tastes. This one didn't sit well with me.

Blues. Okay, got it. Decent but yeah

I was kinda excited for this because I'd never heard of this artist or album before, but it was a disappointment. Dull, overlong, too smooth.

Still too young for jazz. Home iIs Where The Music Is runs long and is an entry in the ”too long” list. I did enjoy Inner Crisis, the rest were jazz. (2.3*s)

Starting this off with an explanation of my mind...jazz is not my thing and after listening to two albums in a row I tried to think about why. I think it is the lack of cohesion and what I perceive as chaos in the music, which I am sure is the point, so I tried to think of how to perceive the chaos positively. In this album it was not bad....it seemed to flow most of the time, and connect back to the undersounds that carried the songs. However, they were just long, for me anything over 6 minutes just seems to drag so I just didn't need so much. I think I could have almost enjoyed it if they were shorter.

Christ, that was a slog. It's definitely too long, it's decent where it has some energy, but it loses it all too often and that makes it a tough listen, particularly towards the end. Think it's another 2, I'm afraid, the beginning isn't good enough to hold up the long tail.

Väldigt trevlig musik men kanske inte riktigt min smak. Funkar kanske bra som mingelmusik där hemma någon gång?

Couple of bits stuck out, but this was mainly background music for me. It was pleasant enough, but it didn't move me in any way, shape, or form. It was also way too long, which is why I feel somewhat justified in awarding it only 2 stars.

Sounds fine, but I still don't get this genre.

jazz... dan weet je genoeg... op zich goeie ideeën en melodieën... maar uitgemolken tot op het bot en verder

Jazz is nice in short bits, but really makes me annoyed & uncomfortable in long form.

Really wanted to like this one, but have always found jazz from that period hit and miss. This had too many jangly discordant passages thst I just wanted to be over, so not quite a 3.

You like Jazz. I don't particularly

The first half of this album was solid, listenable, a little boring, but fine. The back half was disjointed and at times seemed musically bad. 3 for the first half, 1 for the second half.

this was mostly unintrusive. one of the songs sounded like the mario 2 theme for a minute that was nice

I kind of liked the final track, which was the most 'fun' by far, but the rest was "tolerable in the background" until inevitably some squeaking and/or really rapid technically-adept but really grating horns

Jazz, as usual, is not my jam but I can see how others appreciate it :)

Abrasive on the old ears.

Did not leave much impact on me personally

this was good and i enjoyed listening too it, but i probably wouldn’t hear it again, at least not in one go, just bc it’s very long and jazz doesn’t do much for me

Ena stunden ett trumpetsolo. Nästa stund ett trumpet solo.

Thid didn't excite us and was also so quiet at points, but then blasted us later when we had turned it up to accommodate.

Nice, jazzy

Some of the tracks are good in isolation, my favourite being the drum solo to close out 'Blues for Hughey'. However, I don't think I'll be coming back to a 70+ minute long mostly instrumental album with nothing much else going for it

Not my cup of tea. Too dull.

May revisit one day

I struggled

part of a whole - warm piano, and trumpet?, nice drum rhythms, 4 min mark with trill on horn instrument, section with bass cymbals and piano, favourite section in this song, I like the recurring hook in this song minawa- very jazzy piano, bass, high piano arpeggios, trumpet at 2:30, crashes at 5mins, decrescendo at 6mins, I like that tom rhythm in the background, really pretty ending to that song the big apple - I liked that chord at around 1:12, I like this drum rhythm, hihat and snare, another one at 3:30, cool sound like a whistle at 5:23, 5:48 another chord, quiets after with piano taking main focus, ride cymbals come in at 7mins, fade out ending unhome - solo bass, trumpet comes in, light drums and piano, piano and toms briefly follow same rhythm maseru - solo trumpet, wow okay very uptempo, fast piano and busy rhythms, definitely a highlight, almost like swing jazz sound, piano trill at 2:55, bass becomes more prominent at 3:45, just piano at 4mins, rhythm changed, very busy again with hectic bass and piano, as well as drums, what an outro inner crisis - beautiful piano and bass supporting, eerie vibe, changes 1:25 all other instruments come in, I like those hihats in right at 3:45, changes to left, I really like the chorus section how all the instruments unite blues for huey- ride in left, snare rhythm in right, bass and trumpet come in, bass follows horn in melody, kick rhythm at 2mins, drums only and crescendo, eventually trumpet comes back at 3:40 or so with melody while drums feel very chaotic, bass returns at 4 mins, piano returns 4:20, “call an ambulance” I liked that nomali- beautiful piano and ride cymbal, trumpet, chords change at 2mins, with drums, fade out maesha - 10 min song, trumpet piano and drums comes in and makes entrance, bass becomes prominent at 4mins, trumpet is back at 7mins, as well as this crackle noise, trumpet and bass play same notes at 9mins ingoo pow pow - fast tempo, hihat in right, toms, vocalists singing noises, what am I listening to right now I really hate this, what a terrible ending to an otherwise nice sounding album If not for Maseru this album would rate lower honestly. As beautiful as some of these sections of these songs are, this album is a drag and goes on forever. It’s really not my style, wouldn’t listen to again but glad to give it a chance with zero skips,

Admittedly not my genre but I wasn't able to get through this one. So many pretentious, drawn out jazz numbers that by the 7th song I was done. Boring, slow, uninspired. 4/10 (2/5)

Generic, hotel lobby jazz.

#333. Thank you for your patience. An associate will be with you shortly. 2/5: jazz

I wish I could get into jazz, but I still don't get it. It's not necessarily unpleasant music, but it always sounds like one long song to me. 2.5 stars

I have no idea when one song ended and another began. I’m sorry, God, I don’t like jazz.

I guess I like this more than some of the other jazz (I forgot I was listening to it rather than being put off by it) but I have no other comments.

Fine jazz. Quite good as background music and had its moments of interest for me, but mostly I think that jazz will probably never be my thing.

I don’t get jazz

Welcome to Jazz Club…

Jazz. Not bad, but I’m just not really a jazz guy. A bit on the long side for me as well.

Decent jazz. Really nothing outstanding in my book. Maybe I've just been spoiled with extremely good jazz in the past. Interesting thing about this album is that it has a strong African vibe at times.

Part of a Whole - 3 Minawa - 2 The Big Apple - 3.5 Unhome - 2 Maseru - 2 Inner Crisis - 3 Blues for Huey - 2 Nomali - 2.5 Maesha - 2 Ingoo Pow Pow - 2 Too slow and low for me.

Nice and relaxing, but nothing outstanding. This would be great to listen to in a restaurant or cafe while eating or having a conversation, but I’m not sure why this is an album I need to listen to before I die.

Some of the songs sounded like background music for a 70s TV show. I don't care for jazz music, but I'll give it an extra star for not being grating, at least.

Found this fairly boring.

Music to get anxious too. Which by some, I imagine, unintended irony ‘Inner Crisis’ was the most accessible tune on here.

I'm sure it's very accomplished in its genre, but I just do not give a s*** right now.

Maybe I'm not very knowledgeable about jazz, but I didn't find it a great album. It sounds good, but it didn't excite me.

1. part - 1.5 2. minauua - 1 3. big apple - 1 4. unhome - 1.5 5. mazeru - 1 6. criziz - 1 7. huey - 1.5 8. nomali - 1 9. maezha - 0 10. ingoo - 0

Relaxing jazz interrupted by anxiety inducing horn runs. This album is hell for neuro spicy brains, I would be pleased to never hear it again.

4/10 I took a nap. it was not without a vague sense of jazz though. 5-21-2024

A chill listen if you're in for some calming jazzy background music. Makes you feel like you're in a fairly swanky hotel restaurant for a peaceful Easter Sunday brunch

Vibes. Straight vibes. But I gotta be in the right mood for it.

Starts off promising, but it’s too hectic and anxiety inducing. Did not really enjoy this. Maybe it was influential?

Jazz just isn't for me.

Promising start, feels like appropriate dinner party background music. The kind where your guests leave thinking you're a bit of an ass.

No thanks

It’s jazz alright

I liked it. Although not my favorite type of music it played well. Songs were too long and sometimes got too repetitive and boring. One song cant remember which had a trumpet part and then abruptly it started a piano part which was surprising and refreshing.

first song was fun but a bit long, blues for huey was a lot of drums which i'm a big fan of, this could have been half as long and would have been better for it.

The singles are good and the rest is so boring

Not the biggest fan of jazz but there were one or two on here that brought a nice vibe to walking through the city.

don't enjoy jazz

neat

Mouais c'est du jazz quoi

started off really interested, but by track 3 this just became background noise for me.

Very talented but not for me. I likes the last song best.

Oh great, more background music.

A lot of jazz is great and innovative. This is not. You can tell that he's starting to go down the smooth jazz path.

Gut als Hintergrund, aber nicht meines

Zu lange Songs, andererseits ist es hier eigentlich egal, da alles in einander verschwimmt. Ich habe es als Hintergrundmusik laufen lassen, war aber zwischendurch auch mal genervt von einigen Parts und war kurz davor zu skippen.

background music

some jazz sounds fresh and innovative but this just sounds like a lot of other jazz.

Tried with this album, but it couldn't hold my focus

Not super into jazz.

Aight but annoying

This was a tedious listen for me. I just wasn’t feeling any of it, although I can appreciate the musicianship. Normally pretty into jazz, these songs just didn’t feel like they were going anywhere. Nice enough 70s sound suitable for background music in a movie or something I guess. Just not for me.

My apologies to all you jazz fans that I keep giving these albums two stars. There were two songs on this album, Nomali and Maseru, that I enjoyed a bit. But I can’t imagine re-listening to this album. I knew the name Hugh Masekela through a musician named Johnny Clegg, whose music I enjoy, who named him as a major influence. So I went to check out more music by Mr. Masekela, and in fact I enjoy much of it. But the music he was making at the time of this album is not for me. I’m grateful that it made me research him more deeply to find a plenty of music that he made that I enjoy very much!

Jazz is not made for me. First song was good after I lost interest.

I’m not very into the jazz scene so I have not heard of this album before. It is effective as background music but I don’t think I will listen again.

A little too old-school jazz. Ok for background but not one to focus listening ear.

Jazzzzzz. Great background, cuz I just cant listen to Jazz instrumentals all by themselves

More evidence that I guess I just really don’t understand jazz. This one did not create quite the cacophony that others have, and I didn’t find it unpleasant. It just didn’t spark my interest either.

not my vibe. I have decided I don't like Jazz

Boring. He kind of threw in some Afrobeat stuff to make it less straight jazz, but...yeah. Jazz.

Jazz mit Trompete

i'd study to this. too long though.

Not feeling this one

Good, but not my thing

Mild noodles.

Album # 2. I am not a fan of Jazz so this album was filler music while I conducted my work. Obviously he is using a lot of percussions and brass instruments and thus some of it reminded me of the band Chicago. It was nice to have on in the background on a low volume but not my cup of tea

Bonita instrumental

El groove inicial me ha sorprendido para bien y cuando se centra en eso y melodía es realmente agradable. Pero en cuanto hace "jazz things" (canciones eternas, solos de virtuosismo turrero...) me cansa instantaneamente.

Not my cup of tea

Ich würde sagen Barjazz. Habe ich beim langen Lauf gehört und wunderte mich, dass das Gejaule gar nicht aufhört. 72 Minuten ist das schon schwer zu ertragen. Für Liebhaber sicher super.

Jazz. Nun gut. Immerhin einer der melodischeren und harmonischeren Art.

Not my style but understand why it is considered a quality album.

Jazz

Not really my thing. Kind of sounded like 70s variety show music.

I did not enjoy this album at all. I am not a fan of most forms of Jazz, so it sounded like elevator music to me or music just to put in the background. There were some moments were I felt something, but it did not last long. Favorite Song(s): N/A

Jazzy

What’s the big deal about this one?

I do not listen to many instrumental albums... So this was a bit of a challenge for me to get through. As a trumpet player, some of the playing on this album is WILD! Never in my life could I play notes as rapidly as he can. His fingers must be flying. A lot of the slower moments were really beautiful. I don't really like instrument playing that's too gritty or grimy, which pulled me out of a lot of songs. That's a big personal preference thing though, the playing itself was amazing. Some of the songs on this album got WEIRD. Which was cool but also a little mind-numbing. Favorites: Maesha Honorable Mention: Blues for Huey for shredding my last braincell apart with the drums

I dont mind but Why is this album round the 9 min per song

A bit dull.

Sounds refined but there's no way I'm regularly listening to 8 minute jazz songs dominated by trumpet.

it was fine

This is just more jazz to me. Pleasant enough, but unremarkable.

Not bad but kind of boring.

musically good, but hard to listen to without vocals, would be good study music though.

The jazz was not good for a long drive

2/5 - an album is a collection of songs

Decent pleasant but unlikely to listen to it again High 2/5

Jazz sudafricano!!! Esta lista sigue siendo capaz de sorprender después de más de 500 discos. Me ha gustado Minawa pero se me ha hecho pesado y plano. Más o menos me gusta este tipo de jazz pero este disco no es imprescindible.

Im not into jazz/blues

I could not finish this album. I wasn't for me. Repetitive trumpet music is not my style.

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Not my thing at all. Coffee shop music

The generator has been punishing me w/ far too much jazz lately! It's still a no!

A long jam jazz album

My home is not where this music is going to be in future.

Not my type of music

Background Jazz.

not for me

I still don’t get jazz. The last track was kinda cool.

Puhaltimet kivat ja taitavat kyllä, mutta en saa niiden tarinoista kiinni. Eli jää tylsänksi, joskin kiva pirteäksi.

I like a lot of jazz, but I do find it either hits the mark or is left floundering. Strangely for me this is neither. Nice background music, doesnt really go anywhere often. Sometimes borders on the ‘80s tv theme tune’ ground, other times it does border on the interesting. But not too much. The more piano based songs are a bit dull, but often picked up when the trumpet comes in. I think its a trumpet anyway. Whatever the instrument is that makes this sound better.

Really pleasant smooth jazz. Started off strong but ended up having had enough just past half way.

Yes, it's jazz alright! Quite enjoyed it, but mostly as background music really. It's difficult to give jazz records a fair score as I'm probably never choosing to listen to it again, and I couldn't pick any song out individually that I enjoyed But overall it's not bad. Probably demonstrating my ignorance here Saying all this, I felt it got worse as it went on and I was thoroughly bored of it by the end....2.5

This was yet another fine enough jazz album but I'm really starting to get fatigue from jazz just like I got fatigue from punk. It also doesn't help that I had a really shitty day today and ended it with this lame album.

Jazz is never going to be it for me but this was solid

Struggle with jazz overall. Not sure I'd listen to this again

I mean…no

# 38 : Probably alright if you're into slow trumpet jazz. I am not. Maseru was a bit of alright.

Some funky shit on here, but 10 tracks over 70 mins is a big ask.

Shite

The toy story guy singing country tropes with the support of a big band. I am definitely not jamming to this.

Pleasant enough, but it's a no.

Jazz. No. Enough already.

I’m afraid this very quickly became background. I was listening to it while working and it was easy to ignore. Didn’t finish it.

Fella can toot that horn.

It was ok

it's too chaotic, I don't linke it much

It’s just piano music what you would think of in a 60s speak easy kind of place. It’s easy listening just not something I would return for, however it’s better than RAP.

I liked more of the backing music than the main trumpet parts; those were kind of annoying at times. Probably why I don't care for jazz that much. Not bad, just not really my thing I guess.

Just jazz

I don't jazz enough to know if this is "good", it was rather uninteresting to me

- Not for me - Still looking for an instrumental jazz album that I can actually enjoy

Background music

It was ok. Not my thing really, but some nice rhythms.

If I ever decide to go ahead with that remake of The Merv Griffin Show that I’ve dreamed about for years, waking horrified and sweat-soaked every time, I now know the music to play us into and out of commercial breaks. Hail Cthulhu.

A few enjoyable moments, but nothing special.

I don't mind jazz but usually prefer vocals and the trumpet in jazz a bit too screechy for my ear drums

After three jazz albums in a row I'm feeling a little jazzed out

Pleasant enough jazz. I can’t find a deep connection to it, but I would enjoy it during dinner.

Preferred to have vocals. Nothing wrong with album just not my cup of tea.

If I ever own a fancy Italian restaurant this album is gonna be blasting through those speakers 24/7

It was quite nice as background music - nothing more.

Simply not my kind of music.

Sounds like standard jazz to me…

Not my thing

I had high hopes for this, as I knew the name but had never delved into the back catalogue. But I must admit by the third track I was shocked to realise that the album wasn't almost done. Not really a Jazz person, and this put me in mind of 70s US tv themes as much as anything.

Just average jazz...more meh than anything. The album looped around on me and started over and I didn't even realize that I had head it before it was that generic. 2/5

I want to like jazz more, bit while, at times, the groove on this was fantastic, it often sounded like someone kicking the crap out of a piano in rage whole the rest of the band tuned up.

Not really my thing, but fine background music. The copy on Spotify seems to have been ripped from a scratched CD or something as the last two tracks have a barely perceptible but annoying click all the way through

Ich merke, dass ich mit Jazz/Blues nicht so richtig warm werde...

Not my style but ok

Home Is Where the Music Is is a jazz and Afrobeat double album by South African jazz musician and singer songwriter Hugh Masekela. This is considered one of his best works and the album seamlessly blends signature jazz styles with his home continent's flavor of African music. This was a beautiful jazz album and I enjoyed it, but like I've said before - jazz isn't really my thing.

I just can't get into this, sorry. Maybe I'm too dumb to appreciate jazz. It just felt like background music.

jazzy soy - update: much too jazzy by far, no longer soy

I find that jazz is best served to me in small doses. Although this was interesting and I can't deny the skill that went into creating it, having most songs hit or come close to ten minutes was a bit too much. Some sections felt pretty long-winded and I would start zoning out around 6 minutes in. You know listening to an album becomes a chore when you constantly check how many minutes are left in a certain song, and I, unfortunately, found myself doing that for every track in this album.

Jazz voi olla hyvää, jos siinä on menoa. tässä ei ollut. Dnf.

not really my genre

Sounded like very impressive musicianship, but not to my liking - I prefer cool jazz, but this sounds more like a modern version of bebop.

I had high hopes for this one after the first song, which I really enjoyed. Then it turned into typical background jazz music. Fine to be on while cooking diner, but nothing I will seek out.

🥱

Didn't totally hate it, Jazz with no lyrics not for me though

Ok but just not that exciting. Didn't make it to the end

Too much jazz - pointlessly meandering without ever arriving anywhere may be satisfiying for the performers, but may be less so for the listener. Case in point: me. 2/5

The trumpet and saxophone seemed to be on their own track and just mixed on top of the rest of the music most of the time. Sometimes they jived together, but most of the time they didn't. They were on their own beat and own tune. I didn't really care for that. I know that's sometimes part of jazz but I just don't care for music where the instruments aren't on a similar beat and don't mix in tune well.

Masekela fent cas de Davis i recuperant les seves arrels sudafricanes amb un doble disc molt meritori i amb moments per recuperar, però que no termina mai i es fa més llarg que un dia sense pa

It is a jazz album. I don't need or want an hour worth of jazz music.

This is older than me. I can see why KJ said he was falling asleep on Friday.

Man I don't really like jazz. It's some OK background noise but nothing I'd choose to listen to.

It's Jazz. If you like it great but if you don't this gets a bit repetitive.

Jazz is a hard sell for this listener and there is rarely any middle ground between love and hate. The technical prowess required to play jazz has been explained to near death and while it can be appreciated, it does not equal enjoyment. Maybe this is not Hugh Masekela's most important work, but there are moments of nice surrounded by even more moments of insecurity. Jazz by and large seems like a trip into someone's head without your consent, a kidnapping perhaps? Without vested interest, or for a lot of the audience, musical understanding and the subsequent appreciation that comes with that, jazz can feel very foreign. Overall, today 04-12-22 was probably not a day for jazz so criticism is especially harsh for this reviewer. Hugh Masekela is identifiably talented, the seemingly chaotic arrangements e.g. "Maseru" that come back together toward the end is a feeling of overdue respite, but this is where the review gets negative in that enjoyment of music, particularly jazz, should not feel as though it were self-flaggelation with the hopes of earning a right to be a critic. The jazz genre sort of comes across this way because the formula is a bit more complicated, the time signatures ever-fluctuating, the self-aggrandizement of its members an inevitability. Profound respect for the talent and the skill required to put this together, but it does not equal enjoyment here.

The first two songs are perhaps the most enjoyable jazz that I have ever heard. The rest are instrumental fiddling that I wouldn't even want to play as background music. In other words, if "JA" represents the moments where I enjoyed it and "ZZ" represents the moments where... not so much, this album is: JAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

An ok jazz instrumental album, but to my untrained Jazz ear nothing really stood out. Best: Unhomé Worst: Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song)

För att vara jazz var detta ok

Beginning to think jazz, salsa, etc are just kind of a bad fit for how I’ve been listening to the albums each day, because with every one of these my experience has been enjoying the first few songs, but then getting completely sick of it by the end of the album. Like I think this just probably isn’t music to be listened to in silence, by myself, on headphones! but it’s not like I own a bar or a club, so,

It's fine, but there's plenty of better jazz to get through before you get to this record.

10 tracks, runtime of 1 hour 16, immediately knew this was either prog or jazz despite never having heard of it. This would be great to have on as backing to a cosy evening drinking whisky or chill afternoon with coffee but not so much for active listening.

Parts of this I enjoyed but most of this I was uninterested. Initially very pleased to see something that isn't 70s rock on here but sorely let down.

Very jazzy

I wanted to like this and maybe I would if it was on in the background?

Didnt mind this, but 1 and only listen.

I was in that lift a LONG time

nä fy

I found this happier than most of the jazz we’ve worked with so far but still didn’t do it for me Fave tracks: “The Big Apple” “Part of a Whole”

Ik had niet eens door dat ik al tegen het einde van dit plaatje loop... niet heel boeiend dus

Jammer als je een beetje dwangmatig bent en je vindt dat je elk album van begin tot eind moet luisteren.

Too jazzy

Well, I thought I'd enjoy this. But I didn't. It wasn't engaging enough and all the songs felt so long. Even that accursed Orbital album was more palatable. Maybe it's just that I haven't listened to much jazz-related music. I don't hate Home Is Where the Music Is but I wouldn't listen to it again. This is definitely not an album that I needed to listen to.

Bueno, pero no lo escucharía siempre, seguro es buen músico pero no lo diferencio de alguien más tocando jazz

not really my kind of thing but it was fine background music for working!

Coffee shop jazz. Meh.

Ya se de donde sacan el soundtrack de los intros de películas porno.

Tämäkään tuotos tästä genrestä ei kovettanut. Kuuntelee kyllä kerran ongelmitta, mutta kuuntelee sen tasan yhden kerran.

Hm...I like Inner Crisis, but all the other songs get me a little nervous

Tough to rate, I rarely listen to Jazz. As a drummer I’ve enjoyed playing Jazz charts because it can be so complex and challenging, but I’ve just never felt it. Whenever a movie tries to inspire love of Jazz (Soul, La-la-land) I’m like the character who says, huh? So did I enjoy listening to this album? Not really.

This is a classic album by Hugh Mase...ZZZzzzzzzz. Sorry, not a jazz fan. I'm sure it's great.

Good for trumpet jazz, but a little too much of a good thing.

Very jazzy. Pretty good. Made me drive faster a couple of times.

Jazz instrumental album. Easy listening. Background music.

Only listened to 2 songs, not my thing but wasn’t bad

Upbeat elevator jazz

Has some nice jazz as well as some African beats. Not too bad

1001 albums de salon lounge, ça va très mal se passer si je revois un tel album dans la liste

Not really my taste, but I listened to it all. The last track was probably the best, most upbeat and fun.

boop boop be doo de de de de booooooo boop de doo wah.

Wisselvallig. Sowieso al niet mijn stijl, maar door de chaos heen af en toe toch iets toegankelijkere stukjes.

Miles likes jazz.

Miles likes jazz.

Too much jazz

Not for me at all

Sim city background music

As much as I like jazz, I can't do a whole album of improvisational jazz. Tastes like capers.

1/2

Første låta starter fint den. Jeg tenkte at kanskje dette var ei jazzplate jeg kunne, om ikke like, så ihvertfall tolerere. Men neida. Det er jo så alt for mye! Og alle soloene!? Hva er greia? Jada, dere er så flinke til å spille atte, men det er jo dritkjedelig når alle skal spille hver sin solo i hver eneste føkkings låt! 2/10

i did not vibe with this one bit

not for me, although interesting to hear minawa and how it sounds like Elbow's one day like this.

I'm sorry Hugh, but I hated this

Not unpleasant but didn't really click with me apart from the odd moment here and there

File this in the ‘not for me’ category… although ‘inner crisis’ was ok

Very much not for me I’m afraid. One star. Tom.

Nothing distinct, nothing memorable.

yeah... I listened to like five songs only

The authors of this book have an uncanny ability to find a legendary artist with dozens of albums - only one of which they'll put on this list. And the one they choose is just okay. Pretty impressive how they can do that.

dnt like

420 albums in, and I can confidently say: I still don't like jazz. It all sounds the same to me. There, I said it. #sorrynotsorry

em no. Es solo instrumental wtf

Man I hate Jazz

I must have been in a really good mood to have not fired my phone through the window listening to this.

Not a jazz fan at all.

I can't with this one. this kind of self indulgent jazz is just so not my thing. DNF track 2

i'm sorry. i can't. don't hate me

musica para aperturas de espacios de radio.

I was not ready for more trumpet.

Never ending trumpet at the local cocktail night.

Growing up loving Chet Baker and John Coltrane, I'm finding it difficult to bridge the gap between that and this record. I mean, reading reviews here that describe these tracks as "tasty" or "fun" or non-ironically comparing them to Super Mario (!) makes me feel like I'm missing the frequency everyone else is tuned into

Boring

ich brauche leider lyrics

Очень длинно, мне не понравилось

this was excruciating to get through. i hate jazz, i hated these songs, i hated how long they went for and that this album went for over an hour

Day 180 I just don’t like Jazz very much unfortunately.

1/2

Cod jazz hokum done properly by FZ check out Hot Rats etc

Jazz is just not for me...

He's obviously a very skilled musician but god is he boring, music's answer to Frank Pickle.

Felt like I was Carrie Bradshaw’s boyfriend that was obsessed with jazz. Not for me. Too chaotic.

Eh

Not my style. An uncultured lout like myself found it to be a complete and utter bore.

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I have tried many times, but I cannot do jazz. I appreciate the talent on display, but I did not enjoy this album.

I don't like Jazz.

How many jazz albums will I have to sit through? Still don't like it

It’s hard to find good jazz, and this isn’t it.

New policy. All instrumental stuff is getting 1 star. Fundamentally, it's not what I listen to music for.

1/2

Not my stuff.

Not for me

This is fine. I like the Hammond B3 in it. Nope. This is just not my jam. The screechy saxophone solo on Minawa is hard for my untrained ear to distinguish from someone who just picked up the instrument. This is a long album of what basically amounts to one long song. Parts of this album feel like a Bitches Brew knock off. Nomali is my favorite song from this album. Ends with the worst song on the album.

Some nice songs but i got bored

Not that engaging

The algorithm is giving me a lot of jazz lately, and I'll be so happy when we move on to something else. Jazz is not my thing. Sure, there are skilled musicians doing their best work on this album, but it is just not for me.

Weird music

I had a hard time getting through this one, but I wont say it doesn't have its merits just isn't for me. Kind of reminded me of Snoopy lol.

Could not get through the first song

I don’t like jazz.

Eh!

I will never understand how this type of jazz music is beloved by anyone. It's just a bunch of noise, loosely connected.

No es mi taza de café favorita.

Average jazz, which means fairly boring to me

Just boring but really its just not my thing

No singing-- Feels like ambient background noise.

I learned something over the past few weeks. I really don’t like jazz. This album didn’t change that opinion. This was a struggle to even get through. Masekela may be a master of his art, but not for me.

Not a jazz fan. Hated it. The only song I somewhat liked was the last one with vocals.

2/10

I hate jazz!! I hate brass especially trumpets! I hate instrumental music! This was not for me!!!!

First listen

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Jazz at its worst.