Jazz listening: Is it about the music? Or is it about the sound?

@oregonpapa 

i rewatched the 9th episode of ken burn's jazz documentary... was reminded of clifford brown, lester young/lady day, horace silver... what a lovely show and the talent of these artists was tremendous... they shaped the jazz we listen to today

Freddie Hubbard on CTI: "Red Clay" is really good but "Sky Dive" is my favorite.  I don't have the other two.

jjss49 ... 

My cousin turned me on to jazz when I was just a kid. I remember when I really hated Monk. Then one day, the lightbulb went on in my heart and he became a genius. 

The artists you mentioned are among my favorites and are still my go-to's to this day. I love the giant tenor players from the big band era. Some that come to mind are Charlie Ventura, Chu Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and certainly Lester Young.

Same thing with the big band singers who went solo in the late 40s and early 50s. Doris Day, June Christy, Jo Stafford are examples. Due to the times, the Black singers didn't get the immense credit they deserved. Some of us caught on early though. Mabel Mercer, Dinah Washington, Billy Eckstine, etc. 

Check this out ... The beautiful Dinah Washington: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGOnb-2e6kM&ab_channel=JuanPuellesLopez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10TqeFBMU0&ab_channel=sanpei55

indeed o-papa

one of the great beauties of streaming is to be able to cue up all these wonderful old artists’ recordings and revisit anew...

was just listening to dexter gordon coleman hawkins and monk tonight 👍👍

btw - monk was always a genius... just took you a while to get it 🤭🤭

@jjss49 +1 ECM / Manfred Eicher

But also if you’re looking to bridge jazz into anything you could focus on later Jazz Funk records by Byrd, Corea, McCann, Hancock without having to get too serious with Fusion.