Kylie, a most excellent answer, and I agree that the temptation is to make some bland generalization about the nature of art and artists irrespective of media. Which of course, is what I was trying to do....and in fact, I am still planning to do so when I write on this later tonight.

Also, have been giving some thought to your jazz CD question, and to my roundly ignored best Canadian album question (I wonder, what if I'd said best English...), and will post on them tonight too. Most happy to hear that you are contemplating entering the murky, annoyingly pedantic and yet damned rewarding world of jazz appreciation. Between me, Derek, Stuart, and Marc we should be able to get you started.