First, I want to welcome manny to S-Z ... I listened to a number of his recordings ,,, nice work, and even if it's only for yourself, sing your heart out, man !!!

Secondly, count me as one of the people here who can listen to most any genre/artist in music ...
Fortunately, I was raised on all types of music from my grandfather's Italian opera stars to his playing Italian folk music on his accordion, to my mom's pop music (Crosby, Sinatra, Jerry Vale, etc), to her country music, to her Italian music - never knew what would be on the radio when I got home from school ...

While studying accordion we had an accordion orchestra that played the music of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rossini, etc. ...

When we started a rock 'n' roll band in high school, Elvis became my 'idol' ...
But I also saw Maynard Ferguson at Madison Square Garden in NY when I was 16 yrs old - there isn't one person on Russ' list that I wouldn't pay to see - in fact, I've paid and seen a number of them and more in the jazz arena - many at the annual Newport Jazz festival here in RI ...

Like when I was a kid, I never know what I am going to listen to when I turn the stereo on ...

One of the things that makes this place great is the diversity of musical tastes, which is about as diverse as our selections of arrangers ...

t.