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help with music?

Hello,

I'm excited by new electonincs (thank you Roger), but music isn't really about equipment.
I'd love to expand my music collection. I feel confident in my music selections for classical, vocalists and country/bluegrass. Unfortunately I don't appreciate hip-hop
I'd love to get some ideas for jazz and rock.
In jazz I like Brubeck and Miles Davis but have been lost by some of the more complex forms of jazz.
My rock is almost all old collections (like Led Z. #1 and Aqualung). A helpful granchild brought over some heavy metal but I couldn't appreciate it. Another one brought over "Dark Side of the Moon" and I loved it.
So with that in mind, could anyone tell me what I might buy in the rock/jazz music? The wonderful new stereo equipment begs me for some new music.

Thanks
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rok2id
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one of most enjoyable jazz cds I have heard in a long time is: 'Jazz in an R&B groove'. listed on amazon now as 'avalible from these sellers' it's a sacd hybr, wonderful singing and organ / sax playing. if you are just getting into jazz, stay with the guys with one foot in jazz and the other in R&B i.e cannonball adderly, oscar peterson, art blakey i.e. the stuff that makes you tap your feet. Louis Armstrong once said, if you can't dance to it, it ain't jazz. Coltrane is one of those guys that the avant-garde says you have to like, to be hip, but a lot of his stuff was noise. And remember, most of the greats are dead, so be careful of so-called 'smooth and contemporary jazz' Wyton Marsalis is a good younger player
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rok2id
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that would be jazz in an r&b groove VOL 1. vol 2 is not nearly as good.
stevez98
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There are two quick and simple ways to discover music that's similar to bands you already like. The easiest is to go to www.pandora.com. It's a web site that plays music that's similar to whatever band you enter. It's the easiest way I know to find great music from bands you may never have heard of before.

The second is to go to Amazon.com or iTunes and enter the name of a band with which you're already familiar . The search results will bring up their albums. Click on your favorite. You'll then see a list of things people purchased in addition to the album you already know you like. Most of them will be similar in style, and you can listen to samples to tell if you like them too.
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