Essential Blues/ jazz

If you will do a search in the A-gon archives, using my member name "Sdcampbell", you should find some of the lists and articles about jazz I've contributed. You should also do an archive search using the word "jazz" to see what you find. Have fun, and enjoy discovering the world of jazz and blues.

Cjlcapp,

Sdcampbell has given us some really good posts on jazz, so his advice for a starting point is very good advice. Also, here are some threads to get you started (since the search function at Audiogon doesn't seem to index all the threads past a year or so):

Your favorite Blues Album?
Blues "must have, top 100" list?
Jazz Recs for Classical Music Fan

If radio is available to you, consider finding a local radio station with jazz programming and tuning in over a period of time. That's a good inexpensive way to begin exploring what styles of jazz may be of interest to you before making purchases.

Also, if you have a public library nearby with CDs available on loan, there's another good source for explorations.
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Great ideals! I will use them all I know already that i like the old stuffmaybe the 1940 thru the 1970's. But realy i should hear it all so i dont miss out. thanks very much.

Hmmm, 40s through 70s. That'd be late swing through fusion. Good you've narrowed that down! :-)

Seriously, enjoy the ride.