When I was younger, sax appeared to me as a boring instrument (who would like to play an instrument that's not plugged into a cranked 120W tube amp?) designed for an even more boring music (who would really listen to jazz music, except old annoying people?).
One day a few years ago, I came to discover a metal band called Shining, playing what they called "blackjazz". This may have been the first spark, but it did not really light the fuse. Still, I loved the way the sax sounded.
A little later, being interested in the guitar playing of Bill Frisell, I listened to a new album he was playing on. He actually was playing with an unknown guy named Charles Lloyd. When, on "La Llorona", Charles Lloyd entered the song, it did not light a fuse either. It was rather something like a big bang.
A few years later, I mainly listen to boring music, I feel something's missing when I have not been able to play at least 10 minutes of my boring instrument during the day, and I don't even care about becoming an annoying old guy.
And I find it really boring when people play with cranked 120W tube amps.
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