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Glaring Omissions

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By all accounts, I'm a certified jazz lover and fanatic.

However, there are several jazz greats that one should have in his collection, if one calls himself an aficionado. So, at the risk of being kicked out of this forum, I will list the greats that one might think essential to a jazz collection....that are missing from my collection. I have over 4,000 albums, the vast majority of which is jazz.

I was introduced to jazz while in college in 1971. I was dependent on my friends and the local jazz station for my exposure to new music. If the station didn't play it, I had no access. So, a lot of the guys on my list didn't get any airplay, consequently I wasn't exposed to them.

Nat King Cole.......(I do have several Freddy Cole albums)

Billie Holiday......(Her voice makes my skin crawl & too much melancholy in her music.)

*Stan Getz...........I just never got around to it.

Duke Ellington......I've just never heard any of his recordings that I cared to buy.

Louis Armstrong......Just not my cuppa tea.

*Chet Baker...........Just never got around to it.

Charlie Parker.......I couldn't get past the poor audio quality of the recordings that I've heard.

Charles Mingus... I've never heard a Mingus recording in my life.

*Lester Young.....They never played him on the radio.

*Coleman Hawkins...They never played him on the radio.

*Gerry Mulligan....Just never got around to it.

I do plan to make an effort to familiarize myself with those that have an asterisk (*) before their name above.

I already own more music than I have time to listen to. That, and an addiction to Pandora, doesn't leave much room for new stuff.

Do you have any glaring omissions?
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rok2id
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Mitch4t:

Everyone has their likes and dislikes. No one is saying you have to like anyone. All this goes without saying.

IMHO, your post is like saying: I like Classical music except for that stuff that came out of Europe. Or, I plan to study Physics, except for that Newton / Einstein crap.

In other words, the stuff you don't seem to care for, IS JAZZ!

It's your right and business, it just seems incredible.

Cheers
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Rok2id, ...Dexter Gordon, Miles, Monk, Betty Carter, Lee Morgan, Cannonball, Freddie Hubbard are jazz musicians too. They play great music. I love jazz. I just happen to like different ones that you do...and my love of jazz is as legitimate as yours. All of it is jazz. I prefer different musicians than you do. It's all ice cream, you like strawberry and I like rocky road.

In painters, I like Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Rubens, Peter Max, Norman Rockwell, Ernie Barnes and Roy Lichtenstein among many others. For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would pay $140 million for a Jackson Pollock painting, or $48 million for a Basquiat painting. I'm no art expert, but I know I love art...I just don't care for the work of those two guys. But, I do not begrudge the folk that do like those two guys' work.
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You're not obligated to have listened to, like or have purchased any specific music. It's not a contest or about bragging rights. All the labels about what type of music is it are for convenience and are ultimately meaningless.
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Mitch4t,
You are right, "we all like what we like" and that's how it should be. I love many(virtually all) of the musicians on both your preferred and glaring omission list. Taste is individual and unique. There are fantastic musicians on your omission list. Regarding Chet Baker I'm not much into his voice but absolutely love his trumpet/flugelhorn playing.
I find it near fascinating that you like Dexter Gordon but not Lester Young. Dexter was heavily influenced by both Lester and the icon himself, Charlie Parker.
Charles,
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Hey Charles...I don't dislike Lester Young, I just haven't heard any of his music....he's a glaring omission. I just might like him if I'd heard any of his music. I think the only time I ever heard any of his music was the little snippet that I heard on the Ken Burns Jazz documentary.

While listening to Pandora, I've just discovered Johnny Griffin. I'd never even heard of him until a month ago, the cat is monster! I've been soaking up a lot of his music over the last month. I've listened to jazz radio for decades...how could I have never heard of Johnny Griffin??
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