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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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cerrot
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I have recently discovered that I have been terribly limited by my exposure to music as well. With the single greatest influence, to me, being the radio (I was born in 1960), if I didn't hear it on the radio - I didn't hear it. And, now, many years later, I understand that for the music that I was exposed to, I was limited to it being selected and filtered by the DJ, who just may r may not have selected what I would have preferred.

So, I am going back and buying all those records (and CD's) that I have not been are to listen to or enjoy (because I was not exposed). So, are you ready? Not jazz but 2 new biggies for me that I have never heard: Allman Brothers Eat A Peach and Live at the Fillmore East. Hey, better late than never. (Last month I discovered Creedance...).
schubert
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Try Bach or Brahms and see how TERRIBLY limited you really have been.
czarivey
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how TERRIBLY limited indeed!
toddnkaya
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I could give two shits about Bach or Brahms and I think I have impeccable taste in music.
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mitch4t OP
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Cerrot, get Pandora, it's free and it's a treasure trove of great music of all types. I have discovered sooo much music. You are so correct in that a lot of us were limited to what we heard on the radio...and what the DJ liked. Congrats on your discovery of Credence....amazing how their music has held up over time....they rock.
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