Interesting thoughts. While your background is music, mind is more in theology with a smattering of philosophy. So a different approach.
In this post-modern era where nothing matters and nothing should be criticized (except of cource criticism itself, that is -- it's an inherently self-defeating way of thought), we as a "Western" society have lost all sense of "value". The result is that today jazz has become as "high" an art form as Mozart or Bach. Because it feels good. What are the classical characteristics of "quality" art? 1) Technical expertise. 2) Clear communication. 3) Higher-valued content. There's surely more. But even these separate Brendemuehl from Adams. There is good and bad and better and worse art. Forget Hegel. You Kant have it both ways. (To those who disagree and think value judgments are wrong, please don't flame me with a value judgement response. It would be rather silly to contract yourself in your first sentence.) Let the flames come. I am ready. :) -- -- Collin Brendemuehl KC8TKA "The problems are so over-rated." -- Petula Clark --
