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shrews824
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Well, like most here I'm sure, I was way into music as a child and young adult. I always felt like I had a passion for music that the majority of my peers didn't have. I seemed to always seek out music that was either uncommon or not the most popular. Not that I didn't like a lot of popular music (still do actually), but I liked listening to different stuff regardless of style.
Truthfully, it wasn't until I was 23 that I really began to listen to jazz. I had been playing guitar for about 6 or 7 years at that point and had generally gravitated toward the typical classic rock, popular rock of the day (1990's). I had a friend ask me if I had ever heard of Mike Stern. Of course, I hadn't so he played me the 1999 release Play. That really peaked my interest. He made me a copy and I wore that thing out!!! Even though that wasn't a typical jazz record it did possess a lot of jazz characteristics. From then on I was hooked and dipping my toe into various other guitarists along the same vein. Sco, Metheny, Martino, etc. And just over the years I began to dive deeper and deeper into the realm of jazz. The great thing about it also is that no matter what I discover, if it's old or very popular to some, it's all new and fresh to me. It's like I can have a brand new track or album everyday!!! There is so much to be explored that I doubt I'll ever reach the bottom of the rabbit hole!!!
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ManyRiversMan
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UK will always have the underground. No matter how dumb out government is x andyhay.bandcamp.com
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ManyRiversMan
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Roadrunner14
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Similar to some of the others, I was looking for a change from rock, metal, pop, and stumbled across Norah Jones, Tom Waits, then that led to Nina Simone and from there into the usual suspects of Miles Davis, Art Pepper, John Coltrane, and the list goes on and on from there as I explore.
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pinknote
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As a poor, lower-middle class Eastern European with basic musical education from state school (when I say basic, I mean it - we learned about the Western canon, the spirituals, Gershwin and not much else, which allowed me later to view 20th century classical as a more rebellious thing than it is perceived in some more privileged quarters nowadays...), it was a cable channel - Mezzo TV - that exposed me to the beauty of jazz, though not in a very diverse manner - their narrow programme for jazz was stuffed mostly with French jazz, European jazz, and not the most adventurous -, yet it still was exciting to hear while seeing how musicians perform... My town didn't have a jazz festival (there is one organized instead in Tulcea, but I never afforded even going there), and the only jazz club faded away by the time I matured, so my biggest friend has been the Internet in this matter.
Before Brexit, I was daydreaming about potentially living around London and taking the underground to Cafe Oto, but I am more likely to move out from Romania to Germany, perhaps Berlin.
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birdtranescoe
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Hello - can't wait to read everyone's stories Here's mine in a nutshell.. I played a lot of guitar and listened/played Towner, Metheny, Return to Forever, etc .. But on a car ride across the country I heard sun ship play on the radio, which was a revelation, epiphanous really. Within a week I happen upon a vinyl copy in the used bin, and - I was hooked. I've been obssessed since.
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Catcher10
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Since creating this thread 9yrs ago.....I'm proud to write my collection has been growing nicely, especially the past 2-3yrs. Second I walk into a record store I head for the Jazz section.
I have a good selection of styles but really focus on Hard Bop genre, that 1950s-1960s stuff really makes my turntable happy!
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My jazz collection....a work in progress.
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jazzaficionado98
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My dad would listen to 88.1 (K-Jazz) in the car as a kid (and he still does). I've always liked both regular jazz and Latin jazz and I've liked it more and more as I've gotten older.
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fabiojazz
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''What'' got me into Jazz has been ..this.. Live Music Show from 1968,!!
As 'young-student' I have seen this totally unknown to me,!! jazz-drummer..: Max Roach, to play a 'Drums Solo'.,!!. Well, from the 'day-after'..: jazz-drummers were in my 'mind'.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59RTAEhvV4g |
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Frederic_Alderon
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This video actually:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMQD3Bv5ZG4&t=1826s
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js
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Louie Armstrong on saxophone?!?
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Frederic_Alderon
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For sure it was this genius of the saxophone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong
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justfrank
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I listened almost exclusively to punk rock until I heard A Night in Tunisia, and was blown away that an album could start out with over a full minute of smashing cymbals and breakneck drums, and instantly fell in love with the genre
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JonesJazz Fan
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Strangely it was video games like Final Fantasy growing up, and anime. I didn't understand what was going on in the music, then my dad was playing a Larry Carlton record, and then I fell in love with the music. The rest is history. I try to incorporate that sound in my own music actually.
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jazzlover98
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My dad would always listen to jazz and latin jazz on the radio when I was a kid (and he still does) and we would drive around at night listening to jazz. Nothing better than listening to jazz while looking at the city lights at night.
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guido
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For me it was growing up in a household where Benny Goodman and Charlie Parker recordings were played when I was a baby. Wherever my tastes of the moment stray, I always come back to jazz.
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DustyFoot
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By 1999 I had mostly been a classic rock fan, with a smattering of classical, blues and 2 or 3 jazz CDs just to vary my collection a bit.
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Crackers
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I am now 70 years old and have been a "Jazz" fan since my teenage years. I guess I found Jazz by myself none of my family or friends were into it.
The earliest piece that influenced me was Dave Brubeck's Take five which was often played on the radio in the early 60's it was a popular tune. The first 2 Jazz records I bought were Jaques Lousier's Play Bach and Mose Allison cant remember the record name, sad to hear of his death the other day, I have several of his records now. I guess my favourite Jazz is small group type favourites include; Kenny Wheeler, John Abercrombie, EST, John Coltrane, Miles Davies, etc. I also like classical music in the string quartet form. I guess the common link is that in small groups of musicians it is easier to follow the interplay between the different plays and follow the diverging patterns. That what engages me. I have in excess of 1,000 cds and am a regular listener to an American radio station (via the internet) JAZZ24, great channel no adverts, recommended. Crackers England |
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PopetherevXXVIII
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Thank you for the warm welcome.
And yeah Lisa Named one of her cats Coletraine. Learning about Jazz through the longest running animated show in America. |
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js
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Welcome to the site, I like the jazz on vinyl too, also the Simpsons.
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