Who else likes listening to older jazz?

[Sawfish]

...and by this I mean especially mid 40s thru early 70s, typically bebop, post-bop, hard-bop, straight ahead, west coast (cool), and Brazilian influence (Jobim-ish/Getz-ish). It's been a long-acquired taste.

I used to listen to an internet radio station that was simply a guy in the Bay area with a very large jazz collection and a server. He had no commentary, no breaks, no commericals--100% music from the eras I named. After maybe 9 years he dropped off the face of the planet, and yesterday I discovered that Amazon Prime has a whole lot of this stuff, no commentary, no commercials, just music.

Merry Christmas to me!

 

[Tempsontime65]

Oh yeah, give me some- Count Basie- Ellington- Ella- Nancy Wilson- Sarah Vaughan- Tony Bennett- Wes Montgomery- Dave Brubeck- Stan Getz- Diz- Clifford Brown- Charlie Parker- Monk- Sonny Rollins- Charlie Byrd- MJQ- Lionel Hampton- Art Blakey- Earl Garner- Coleman Hawkins.

 

[hollydolly]

There's an existing thread here... https://www.seniorforums.com/threads/jazz-anyone-post-the-ones-you-enjoy.75725/page-3#post-2363181

 

[RubyK]

Oh yeah, give me some- Count Basie- Ellington- Ella- Nancy Wilson- Sarah Vaughan- Tony Bennett- Wes Montgomery- Dave Brubeck- Stan Getz- Diz- Clifford Brown- Charlie Parker- Monk- Sonny Rollins- Charlie Byrd- MJQ- Lionel Hampton- Art Blakey- Earl Garner- Coleman Hawkins.

Used to have records by almost all of them. My all time favorite was Stan Kenton with singer June Christy.

 

[Fyrefox]

I go even earlier than the 1940’s. I like Dixieland and Ragtime…

 

[Sawfish]

I go even earlier than the 1940’s. I like Dixieland and Ragtime…

It is a radically different sound, huh? Clarinets and trombones. Bass and to a lesser degree, drum kits, came later.

 

[officerripley]

Does this qualify? (My brother, who was 6 years older than I, introduced me to it:

 

[Sawfish]

Does this qualify? (My brother, who was 6 years older than I, introduced me to it:

Anyone you like counts!

 

[hearlady]

Chick Corea?

 

[Sawfish]

Chick Corea?

My favorite is Art Tatum as a technician, Thelonius Monk as an innovator.

 

[oldpop]

I am partial to seventies jazz fusion.

 

[oldpop]

I am partial to seventies jazz fusion.