Don Satz writes:

>I would say that the canon is about the 'average' of things with a great
>deal of 'follow the leader' involved.

I know you didn't say this, and may not have implied it, but I am prompted
to infer that there might, then, be stuff that is part of the canon that
is not truly worth listening to? That listeners should not waste their
time listening to so as to broaden their experience of the genre?

len.