Who are you sick of?

[David Ayers]

We always talk about our likes and new purchases on here, but I also have an interest in dislikes and selling stuff. It seems negative to focus on this, but I think it all part of the cycle. Whose work do you used to really like and now can't stand? Whose work do you still like in theory but never listen to any more? And what records have you just got rid of because you couldn't care less about them any more? And finally, has your mind pushed these things out as part of a process of growth, and learning about music, or is it just boredom? Is there anything you still find as fascinating as you did (say) 20 years ago?

Is purging part of learning? And what role does it play?

Edited July 17, 2006 by David Ayers

[Rooster_Ties]

Joe Lovano.

I haven't lost all respect for him -- just interest.

With each passing year, his tone and/or attack bugs the hell out of me more and more and more. Always sounds to me a little like he's chewing on his mouthpiece as he plays. Can't get past it, sorry.

Edited July 17, 2006 by Rooster_Ties

[GA Russell]

I'll never get tired of the Four Freshmen!!!

As I mentioned the other day in the thread about the 1957 Monk Coltrane Riversides, I think that over the years I have overdosed on Monk. I just don't find him as exciting as I did years ago.

I enjoy this 1957 Riversides set, but I'm sure that everyone here enjoyed the Carnegie Hall tapes more than I did. Don't dislike the CD, but don't listen to it very much either.

[JSngry]

Not getting rid of anything, and not really "sick of" anything, but in all honesty, I'm in no hurry to hear any "regular" jazz for a while. It's gotta be really special to get to me these days. Been there for so long. Know all the drill(s), etc. It's good and all that, always will be good, but I need something else right now. Too much of a good thing is still too much, and I've had over 30 years of this one good thing. Good things, actually...

Probably just a phase I'm going through, but I'm beginning to understand why Miles felt the need to shake things up by going electric like he did. Complacency sucks, and so does pretending that the way to prevent being harmed by the present is by living in the past.

Not in the mood for alienation either, so the angst and emo scene, no matter what the genre, ain't gonna get it. What I'm in the mood for right now is dance music. Just good, propulsive, contemporary-ish dance music that doesn't insult my intellegence by treating me like some kind of Pavlovian plug-in. They're doing some pretty interesting things in the dance music scene right now , and I need to check that shit out for a while. How much of it is going to meet my needs is probably going to disappoint me, but hey...

Art Blakey I know. Masters At Work I just sorta kinda know. Time to remedy that.

If it really is "all good" (after a fashion), why not?

[bertrand]

I have so many CDs I just rotate through them enough to avoid the complacency thing. Alternatively, I sometimes spend weeks mesmerized by just one CD. Go figure.

Mainly, I would never get rid of any of my CDs, even if I realize I haven't spun a particular title in years. I have no way of knowing what I'm in the mood for on a given day.

I know some people who buy CDs and get rid of them after one or two listens. That seems like madness to me. This stuff needs to grow on me.

Bertrand.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I got sick of my Chris Connor albums (I had about 15 at the time) in the late '60s. Flogged them all. Had to start buying them again in '92.

You learn.

MG

[White Lightning]

I can think of three I used to like and not anymore:

Jan Garbarek

ECM's Keith Jarrett

Terumasa Hino

[Dan Gould]

I think its safe to say that I am long past my Wynton phase. There was a time that I automatically picked up whatever he put out but at some point (sometime before he got dropped by Columbia) I stopped really caring and I've never even bothered with the BN titles.

Now, I still generally agree with the message - blues and swing is still a prominent factor in what I dig the most - but I just don't care that much about the messenger.

[Tony Pusey]

In theory, still like my shelf full of Sun Ra but never listen, With only a very few exceptions kicked my Zorn/Tzadik habit( tho I kept all the Masadas), and all Jarrets except the Impulse American band.

[robviti]

definately pat metheny. in the late-70s to early 80s, i was a big fan. now i can't stand the pmg, and i have little or no interest in checking out his other endeavors. there are too many other guitarists to listen to (jack wilkins, joe diorio, adam rafferty, to name just a few) for me to waste my time on the over-hyped metheny.