LP #2: Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Back in the days when I was (literally) half the man I am now, I used to dabble a bit in the playing side rather than listening to the flip side. Specifically, I was classically trained while dabbling a little into jazz. Jazz is a medium that takes a vague outline, whether that is tempo, melody or accompaniment and encourages the artists involved to add, supplement and express freely over that template. It is a genre that I have fallen in and out with over the years as it best served with live performance where you, the listener, can connect with the atmosphere in the room and the emotion in the musician. I can also say that my greatest moments in music came through the genre. I'm not trying to be snobbish about my experiences, as you can certainly achieve this while listening to music, where you are transported to another place and having that out of body experience where your soul is lifted to another place while your ears absorb what is thrown at it. However, there is no su...