Jazz for aficionados

***** He's out of this country more than he's in it; that let's you know who does, and who does not appreciate jazz; Ahmad Jamal for sure.*****

Lord, Lord, my burden is great.  I can assure you there are Japanese Jazz players that spend most of their time playing in the USA and Europe.   People go where they will be seen as something new and exciting / exotic.


***** There are many reasons why this thread has lasted so long: one of them is because I have posted some of the best jazz many have ever heard; *****

OP,  your modesty is surpassed only by the modesty of The Frogman.  Standby to hear from Learsfool at any minute.

One of the problems with this thread is that, too many posts are directed at, and posted for the benefit of the  'viewers' , and not directed at their fellow posters.

Cheers

Jamal is good, but he ain't no Silver.    Like Acman3, I have thousands of CDs / LPs, and exactly 4 by Jamal.  The Frogman's First Law still holds.

Rok, you are one of the chief deciders on this thread; why didn't you object to Jamal before I got started.

Frogman posted a list to chose from, and I mentioned that I was tired of horns. No decision had been made at that time; you could have chosen someone else. I was trying to set up some guide lines for the review, and Michelzay, who is not one of the "chief deciders" suggested Ahmad Jamal. I didn't start the review until after that, plus Frogman was trying to decide on guide lines that I never understood.

Alex mentioned that I had skipped a lot of territory when I started in 58. This was because Michelzay's "The Ahmad Trio Vol 4" was in 58. Then Alex went back to 51, 52, and 55; I guess he was going to bring us up to 58.


***** There are many reasons why this thread has lasted so long: one of them is because I have posted some of the best jazz many have ever heard; *****

Rok, I'll take that to bed with me tonight and sleep on it, modest or not.

The purpose of the review is to cover and discover what we may have missed (I discovered that I missed a lot)

One of the problems with this thread is that, too many posts are directed at, and posted for the benefit of the 'viewers' , and not directed at their fellow posters.

I'll leave that paragraph for others to cover.

This is not about who is, or who is not the better musician, this is about discovery of what we don't have, that we wished we had in our collections.

I notice there was no mention of the music I posted. Maybe one of the reasons we don't get new aficionados, is because who wants to be in a "Huh bub" like this.



Enjoy the music.

Rok, I was just thinking, and I want an honest answer to this question; have you ever heard any better jazz in your life, than you have since I started this thread?


Enjoy the music.

Sam Rivers.

*****  I was just thinking, and I want an honest answer to this question; have you ever heard any better jazz in your life, than you have since I started this thread?*****

I take this to mean, "what music have you purchased as a result of that music being posted and reviewed on this thread"?

Artist I have purchased based on recommendations on this thread:  Harold Land, Woody Shaw, Trio Tres Bien and Anita O'Day.

I doubt if any people buy music based on this thread.

I define "New Music" as music I had not heard before, played by an artist I was not previously aware of.

So the answer to your question is, Yes.

Cheers