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The Vince Guaraldi Trio did the music for Charlie Brown. This was not dissimilar to that.
Screechy and honking horns over lovely piano playing.
Good Player, but two sad
more diner party music. but it's not bad. It's in the same style as Myles Davis Bitches Brew.
It's great background music. In a room with people. Not so much when you're trying to work. The musicians know what they're doing, the arrangements are intricate... But in the whole I really can't get into this, and it feels like it's partly my fault.
2+ Stars (6/15)
Jazz just rubs me the wrong way and this album is no exception. Some of the tracks are not too bad but most are like Blues for Huey which incorperates all the aspects that turn me of jazz including that "Listen to me being brilliant for no particular reason" vibe which most jazz suffers from to an unbearable degree.
Perfectly fine Jazz for background music but suffers a lot for all the main problems that plague the genre. Mainly just not my cup of tea even if I can appreciate some of the talent involved to make it.
You get a real jazz/funk fusion vibe from this album. It's neat, but I still am not a big jazz person, and many of the tracks ran together for me. It's a fine vibe, but not usually the mood I'm going for when I put on music.
I'll be completely honest I just can't get into this. It's by no means a bad album it's just not my thing at all. I appreciate the work that went into this album and it has some great performances all throughout. My stand out track is blues for Huey because of the amazing drumming.
Jazz, algo melancolico, excepto cuando la trompeta suena potente. Si te gusta el jazz... pero tectiene que gustar. Esta bien como fondo de una peli de robos 😅
Only the first two songs of the album were available on Steam, I guess the rest just weren't meant to be listened to. Overall, not too bad of an album, it sounds like background music for a movie from the 70s where not a lot is happening in the scene that we're watching, but then in the second song, it sounds like even less would be happening. Not a bad jazz piece - a bit meh, but definitely very chill.
Immediately engaging and refreshingly unique at the start. It really drew me in - but as it went on, it became rather repetitive, and I found my attention drifting.
I am not a Jazz girly
Previše neupečatljivo da opravda ovoliko trajanje.
If you love horny jazz, this is for you. I wasn’t in the mood. 1001 album worthy: nah: 101/188
unfortunately another jazz album that must have some boundaries
Clearly talented, liked it at bits and wish I was more in the mood for jazz while listening but... it also didn't do much to get me in the mood. I like to think I was ready to meet ya halfway, Hugh, but ya never popped and stayed pretty meh.
★★★½
This is a serene, soulful jazz-fusion album, easy on the ears however lacking in the crazy, off-beat twists and turns which define my favourite albums and artists of the genre. It's also pretty damn long at 76 minutes in length, which I'm not entirely sure is fully warranted given what is explored (or not) across its running time. I can sometimes vibe with this sort of stuff, but I wasn't particularly in the mood for over an hour of it today, and I didn't last the course.
I like the afrobeat behind the jazz but that is about it. It's another album where I recognize the artistry but I just don't enjoy it.
Is it music? Yes. Is it music I enjoy? No. If you like jazz, you’ll like this album. Of you don’t like jazz, well you get the idea.
I'm sure for some people, this really hits an emotional spot. Not for me.
Good musicianship, but forgettable
Not listened to it much to be honest.
Fine in a jazz bar in the background, don’t want to listen to it for fun. Pretty bored.
Wahhhh. Apparently! I! Don't! Like! Jazz!
2/5 not bad but not for me
Yeah man right on
I've tried. I've tried. I'm just not a jazz guy.
This album pretty much falls into my "Not bad but not my cup of tea" category. I really enjoy jazz, but this was just a bit too noodly for my tastes.
There were a couple songs I liked, then stopped liking, then started liking again. Just a bit too long.
The kind of jazz CDs they used to sell at Starbucks
Outside of David Sanborn/Kenny G, this was my first time dedicated listening to a jazz album front to back. It's pleasant enough, I could see playing this while working or as background music for a dinner party, but I don't think it’s something I would listen to regularly or during my commute. Much of the album sounds like soundtrack to a 1970's crime drama - I could see Gene Hackman trailing a bell-bottomed thug, pausing to crush a cigarette before going down into the NYC subway. Track 5 was a standout. I'm sure this album has reach and meaning to many but just not my thing. 2/5.
It's competent but jazz is boring.
Not for me, don't have any context to say whether this is seminal or anything either.
lidt ligegyldig
Way too much jazz. Just too much trying to make an amazing solo while doing the same boring thing everybody else does. Drums are solid though.
Most of the songs were taken down but those that remained were kind of boring. Realized I’m not that big of a fan of jazz.
Enjoyed Ingoo Pow-Pow, the rest was mediocre
jazz is still just not for me
Not a fan.
I don't know what to do with this. Sometimes jazz hits, and sometimes it doesn't for me. Too often throughout this album, the sax and/or trumpet are too chaotic - too much noodling. Highlights - Maseru really kicks in nicely, Nomali, and then Maesha takes me somewhere and I'm happy to go. But overall, there's too much that I would want to actively push stop on.
I dislike jazz. I dislike brass instruments.
Inspired playing of uninspired music.
The second jazz album that has come up for me is. I am learning that I like the drumming and bass in jazz, but I am not crazy about horns, especially brass. They seem to overpower the rest of the music. I don't think I would want to listen to this again.
Zzzz
Love jazz but this doesn't do it for me. It's a bunch of very skilled musicians using their ability and knowledge to make background music for The Sims. Maesha in particular felt like a bland, never ending slog.
Aussi incontournable qu'un lampadaire dans un immense stationnement.
Not that much afrobeat on this list and it's not really all that obvious on this album either. I'm not much of an jazz fan, too much of it is toying with "standards", showing off technical ability and constant soloism. This album has it's moments, but it blends into nondescript background music very easily. I'm dissapointed.
I always want to like jazz, but rarely do. This was ok.
Für die einen ist es Tinnitus für andere innovativer Jazz-Fusion. Die experimentellen Klänge und komplexen Arrangements könnten für eingefleischte Jazz-Fans faszinierend sein, wirken jedoch streckenweise langatmig und verlieren an Emotionalität und sind abartig bluesig. Der schönste Moment war als der letzte Song überstanden war.
Jazz. I love jazz. This was nice, but less interesting than the Jazz I love.
This is an alright jazz album to put on in the background. I'm not big on jazz but there was enjoyable things here, maybe overstayed it's welcome a bit
I really hate rating this as low as I do, it just isn't my type of music. I can really appreciate the artestry that's in this, the more unconventional trumpet and trombone parts and the dynamics of it all, but I just don't really enjoy it. I'm sorry.
Interesting instrumentals I probably don’t know enough about to properly appreciate. Definitely some funky moments but nothing jumped out overall. (2.5 stars)
Different
Zuid-Afrikaanse jazz, daar wilde ik wel even voor gaan zitten. Ken de beste man vooral van z'n afrobeat werk, en minder van z'n meer traditionele jazz-werk. En ik had toch wel wat meer verwacht. Op een gegeven moment merkte je dat de plaat iets meer fusion werd, en werden ook Afrikaanse ritmes geïntegreerd, maar dat kwam voor mij iets te laat. Het was overwegend nogal dertien in een dozijn. 5,5/10
Best chill zo'n jazz-album denk ik ergens in de eerste paar nummers. Maar als ik het slot van er een zanger voegt bij de muzikanten realiseer ik me dat het daarmee wel een stuk interessanter wordt. Al met al niet gek, maar ook niet bijster interessant deze plaat. 6/10 Highlights Ingoo Pow-Pow
Time to throw a dinner party cause that’s pretty much the only place I see myself listening to this again
76 minutes of instrumental impro-jazz to start the week? Now that’s just fuckin’ great! I have to admit I really like a lot of the main themes in the songs. Therefore it is a shame that they improvise away from them most of the time. I have found out throughout this project that I hate impro with a passion.
Not a big fan of jazz
I guess I might not like jazz?
Oh jazz, how do I rate you? There is a voice telling me that I "should" like this, but I just can't get into the music. It's not horrible, but I would never pick this album to just listen to for pleasure. Plus, this one is too long.
This is my third straight album that's over an hour long. It's very talented instrumental play, but overall, not my cup of tea, and yes, a bit too long. Favorite Track: "Inner Crisis".
Fin baggrunds jazz. Dog stadig jazz.
Mere jazzet og mindre afro-beatet end jeg havde håbet. Til tider nogle okay jazz toner, men ofte alt for langt.
As jazz goes, this isn't too bad, but it's still not something I would choose to listen to, or listen to twice at any rate.
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Jazz is not my thing
Not bad just not my thibg
Little too jazzy for me.
Nope. I tried jazz ages ago. I even pretended to like it for a while. This is classic jazz that I cannot connect with. Someone likes this, not me, not ever.
I thought the first track was a little interesting, but the further the album progressed the less interested I became.
I can flugel my horn with the best of them. But this album was just to long winded. Better than some of the jazz efforts already received here, but end of the day it’s just jazz to me.
Really dull. And possibly the worst album name ever
It’s jazz
Better than some other jazz albums we’ve had but still not my bag. Way too long and really started to drag in the back half. 2/5
Ett bra groove, jag fattar att det är stort.. men det är långt utifrån boxen, jag kan inte ta till mig så mycket trumpet!
Fairly anodyne jazz.
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
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
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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.