I believe the criterion for judging good music from bad lies in the quote (also Ellington??): "If it sounds good, it is good."This is either tautology or useful advice for anyone in the habit of judging music by its smell.
It's not a tautology. After all, I said so! To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html