Now for some old time jazz guitar...

Guitars.
Thanks for the link

I'm taking lessons and my current piece is the Kress solo from Gershwin's "s'wonderful"

I was afraid maybe nobody would!

I try to like it, but it pisses me off. Not the emotional response you are supposed to get from music.

Personally, I can't take opera!

Everyone has their own musical tastes, but just wondering what it is that pisses you off about it? Also, what genres do you like?

FYI, I am not challenging you, just interested as to why some people like certain types of music and not others.

I love jazz, but hate some other types of music. There are certain genres that are like nails across a chalkboard to me, but other people love them.

I hate the erratic rhythm. I hate noodling. I hate how it gets so loud then suddenly soft.

To me, it sounds like a bunch of random notes thrown out there, which to some extent it is.

I'm not much of a music lover, although strangely enough have an aptitude for it. I played several instruments in my youth and I sing well.

I have a very weak emotional response to music ,( they say this is genetic, my son has no response at all) I do like blues and classic rock as well as classical music. I prefer my music in the background.

I don't have as good a reason why I love it, I just do. I first heard it in this coffee shop I used to go to and I just felt like "This is my music!" I would ask them what they were playing and then I would go out and buy it. I think it's good that people have different tastes in things.

I also like blues, classic rock and classical music as well. However I have an extreme negative reaction to country music, hard rock and rap. Country music just makes me want to start throwing shit at the walls. I can't describe my reaction as articulately as you can. I was in the choir in school growing up, but never played an instrument. It's all about feeling to me.

Thanks for posting! I am a huge jazz fan, but completely unfamiliar with Carl Kress. This was fantastic!

I first heard of Kress last Wednesday. I have the CD set "100 Years of Jazz Guitar" and I like a lot of the older stuff. We saw Buckey Pizzarelli at Birdland in NYC three or four years ago then went to a bar a few doors down and watched Cleveland win the NBA championship!
What a night!