There is a kind of music that seems to get to me. A lot has to do with a visceral understanding that might be inherited. My cultural background, even when I'm not identifying with it particularly, can sometimes trigger an emotion.

Some say they don't like jazz. That's understandable. They may not "feel" it due to their physiology. Some folks dislike country music. They don't get it. There are opera buffs who wouldn't dream of listening to field recordings of blues hollers.

When I was a student at a music business class, it was comprised of young aspiring promoters, record execs, rock musicians etc. I brought in a recording of Almeda Riddle to play for them just to give them an idea of another kind of music. If you think that they would be open to new music, you'd be wrong. Most of the class hated what they heard.

Frank Hamilton