Jazz for aficionados

@audio-b-dog 

Perhaps look under "my profile"?

Perhaps it shows up differently on different devices.

The Ken Burns video is, in my opinion, somewhat flawed in that he spent a disproportionate amount of time on early Jazz then rushed through subsequent eras/styles in much less detail. Still worth seeing but in my estimation, a rather lopsided presentation, as a whole.

Briefly, on two other topics 1) for better or for worse, I prefer physical media and

2) I have a 5 cd set of Debussy solo piano works by Bavouzet and a single disc of Debussy Etudes by Uchida. 

stuartk, I poked around under "my profile." Apparently I am supposed to have my private messages turned on, but the post about how to do that was removed by the moderator. Think we're not supposed to email each other.

I wouldn't worry about the slightly off topic banter. Glad to see people having a good time.  We've all gone off topic from time to time. You are at least talking about music.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3J902282qM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rJqZd5OqRE

@audio-b-dog 

PMs are entirely fine. Sharing contact info is the no no.

We use private messaging all the time on this site.

I’m mystified as to why you cannot access PMs, but I’m admittedly not very computer literate.

I will respond to your question re: what I listen to, besides Jazz. Mostly acoustic genres: singer-songwriter, Americana, Folk, Celtic, Newgrass. These days, the lines between such genres are growing increasingly blurred. My current favorite relatively recent acquisition is Aoife O’Donovan’s "The Magic Hour".

I’ll listen to Blues, Country (not the slick Nashville Pop with cowboy hats stuff) and classic Rock, as well.

I’ve barely dipped my toe into Classical solo piano and would like to further explore the genre but it can be so time consuming comparing different versions of a particular Classical work in order to decide which to buy and I have to be in the right mood for Classical, which, admittedly, doesn’t occur very often.

Another acoustic genre is the ECM sound, a more European take on Jazz with Classical, avant garde, European Folk and other ethnic influences. Similarly, I enjoy the group Oregon. I also like John McLaughlin’s acoustic work including My Goals Beyond, Extrapolation, Shakti and the trio with Al di Meola and Paco de Lucia. I could go on but I’ll call this enough for now.