Having an ear for Jazz

not really mid way through life @ 48 but i just started getting into jazz. started with classical(chamber music) about 3 years ago. jazz bug kicked in last year. still tip toeing around jazz but am enjoying most of it.

not moving away from my favorites... rock(all kinds) and blues. jazz is just something else to enjoy.(along with classical

My entrance into jazz came by way of Chet Baker, Buconero. Someone took me to the documentary, "Let's Get Lost," and Baker's voice just hit me. After listening for several years to Baker, I knew a good bit of the great American songbook. So when I heard a group playing the standards, however extreme the variation, I got it. My taste is pretty narrow, and 75% of jazz--and 75% of classical, especially the orchestral stuff (I'm with you, Newbee)--leaves me cold.

Blues is like lobster: once a year and I'm good.

I love noisy jazz, jazz noise... I started from fusion, reached to acid and avangard. Overall I do love extraordinary, artistic and different music no matter what style it is.

Its taken me 63 years to appreciate the music of Miles Davis and John Coltraine and Buconero your right we cannot forget to add Chet Baker to the list. I love Analogue Productions for their superb 45 RPM records. Wonderful thread.

Nope! Loved it since high school (early 70's) and still do, along with rock and blues. Although since I've added opera, folk, and classical lite (piano, cello, quartets, etc.)