Jazz for aficionados
For decades I went to a local record store. Not only would they give suggestions, but if you had a request, they’d play it for you! I also use my local library a lot. My good friend @stuartk told me about the Penguin Guide to Jazz. I got a copy from my local library and took a ton of notes! I read e-mails. I read forums. All the best. |
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I have found more Jazz and even some non Jazz here on jfa than how I and we used to get it back in the day by radio or word of mouth. And I should know cause I live in metro ATL and Jazz is all over the place in every medium you can think of. I can go crate digging and attend Jazz shows here with so much ease that even I think I may sometimes take it for granted. Too me, jfa has been a massive depository of Jazz, especially new Jazz that I’ve been introduced to. Plus the fact that the members here try very hard to be civil to and with one another versus the keyboard bullies you may have noticed on other threads here on Audiogon. Which makes this thread a refuge unto great music, and has always been good for the mind, body and soul. Glad you are here. Enjoy and keep sharing. |
I have just checked the list that @curiousjim posted, not the video, but the link with the actual list. It ends with 1040 albums and that makes sense, much more than any 50 or 100 list could ever do. @acman3 Thanks, glad you like it...at least somebody does,haha.Nice clip of Sonny Rollins, by the way, never saw him sounding so cheerful... @tyray By mentioning Rollins, Acman3 made me think of another heavyweight that made few albums in style you may like. Its Dizzy, here are the links 'Jambo Caribe' album from 1965 https://youtu.be/MtAT0rIfvXQ?si=fDumbhavbSlmPwlr https://youtu.be/VOh2c3SBUmA?si=Z25-gjTVPnXdGxWD https://www.allmusic.com/album/jambo-caribe-mw0000038219#review 'Bahiana' from 1975. https://youtu.be/C0JeWCgjKec?si=0aI4TYgygBaY28wB https://www.allmusic.com/album/bahiana-mw0000076203#review
@fire_water I believe that I own almost all albums I have ever posted here and many more, of course. I do not have a streamer and not planing to have one. I can understand the use of it and the convenience that it provides but call me childish as I do not consider having a collection in a 'cloud' as a serious one. Since you like Scandinavian jazz among other things, here are couple of albums that you may like, previously posted here as well. Jan Johansson 'Jazz pa Swenska' from 1964. https://youtu.be/j23q5WTDXg4?si=GZAXcoTo5zWCm4BK https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-p%C3%A5-svenska-mw0002238863#userReviews
Art Farmer quartet with Jim Hall 'To Sweden with Love' from 1964. https://youtu.be/SGVyjcK50YY?si=-kFhR6dBWfdH2qxH https://youtu.be/gRuD8RvUg2A?si=f5FzRv7AJz6LauMR https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-sweden-with-love-mw0000243790#review
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I'm afraid I can make no helpful suggestions regarding the streaming phenomena you describe. I'm glad to know you're enjoying Jazz music, though! . We can't all be as lucky as @tyray and live in a locale where we have easy access to live Jazz. From roughly 2000 - 2010, we used to drive over to Oakland to catch shows at Yoshi's, which was one of the best venues in the country for Jazz but eventually they largely dropped Jazz and began hiring acts from other genres. This is somewhat of a moot point for me, now, however. Having just turned 70, my appetite for dealing with the increasingly insane Bay Area traffic has greatly diminished. |
