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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, 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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I could give two shits about Bach or Brahms and I think I have impeccable taste in music.

Yes - and everyone who eats at Taco Bell believes they have impeccable taste in cuisine. That's OK - the world is rapidly declining to the lowest common denominator. You win. Absolutely.
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There are no winners and losers here. We like what we like and that's the end of it. No one here is in a position to judge another's preference in music.
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I don't look at music's historical significance or the year it was recorded in. I look at music for what it is when I put it on my stereo and how it sounds to me. If it is poorly recorded, I have no interest in listening to it. I have too many recordings by a great many great musicians that were well recorded,that is what I listen to. There is only so much time I can devote to listening to music. When I listen, it had better be a good quality recording...period.

I know some folk say that I'm missing out. Maybe. But I have more than enough great music to listen to and not enough time to listen to all of it. So, I listen to what and whom I like. So, if they didn't make good recordings before 1955, so be it, I'll pass. There's been enough great music recorded since then to listen to for 20 lifetimes.
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