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I listen mostly to Taylor Swift and rock: Pink Floyd, Alice in Chains, The Warning, LINKIN PARK and a few metal tracks. I listened to Hans Zimmer and liked some tracks in the movies Inception and Interstellar. I listened to Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel and stuff by Richter and Frahm. But they bore me. They seem quiet to me and not much is happening. I like Beethoven 5 and Bach's Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1. They are completely different, but the feeling for me is the same - a line that is constantly in motion and never stops. I didn't like Mozart 40, at first I liked it, but later one thing is not finished and another starts and I get lost. It's hard for me to keep track of a few things at the moment. So I think it's not a big orchestra versus a small one. I think I want momentum. What and who is this leading me to?
Thank you all

I’m not a total blank slate, but close. Here’s my honest listening profile so you don’t waste recs on me:

What I actually listen to (~55%): Taylor Swift. She’s the only pop artist I listen to — I don’t listen to pop in general, just her. And I listen to her for specific reasons: the vocal delivery, the lyrics, the production, and the small hidden details buried in the mix. I’m the guy who replays a track to catch a background harmony or a production choice.

The other ~25-30%: rock, spread across a few things — funk/alt rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers), garage/indie rock (Arctic Monkeys), grunge (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains), alt rock (Foo Fighters), southern hard rock (Black Stone Cherry), modern hard rock (The Warning), nu metal / rap metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine), pop punk (Green Day), post-grunge (Nickelback).

Jazz so far: Kind of Blue (5-6 listens, it clicks), A Love Supreme (once, went over my head). That’s it. So please don’t just tell me to listen to those two.

The tricky part: outside of Taylor, I’ve never found a vocalist I like in pop. In rock I’m much more open — I like most of those voices, though I bounce off anything shrill or overly high-pitched. So I’ve been assuming jazz vocals aren’t for me. Tell me if that’s a mistake, and if so, who should change my mind.

What I’m asking for:

1. Given that I listen for vocals, lyrics, production and buried detail — where does that actually map in jazz? Is there a lineage that rewards that kind of listening?

2. A specific next album after Kind of Blue, and why that one.

3. One vocal jazz album that could break my “I don’t like other vocalists” rule.

4. If any of my rock tastes (grunge, funk rock) have a jazz equivalent, point me at it.

Album-level recs preferred over “check out this artist.” Tell me what to listen for, not just what to play.

Thank you all for reading to the end and for your time.

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