Who are the Jazz Cats on Audiogon?

Trane, Monk, Miles, Morgan, Roach, Rollins, Mingus, Dolphy ... put out tons of great stuff. No way is the story over. Ken Vandermark, Tim Berne, Dave Douglas, Mario Pavone, Henry Threadgill, Nils Wogram, Jean Derome, Vinny Golia, Tomasz Stanko, Eberhard Weber, Lucas Niggli, Nels Cline, Louis Sclavis and lots of other greats are doin' it now. Anyway, I'm probably in too, but refuse to poop on myself by being stuck in the past.

Clueless: Yeah, you're probably right about my handle. Actually, I see a very strong relationship between straight-ahead jazz and, say, Texas-style blues. But, I also have to agree with Marakanets; styles are really details. Music is basically 3 time-space phenomena: Melody, Couterpoint, Rhythmn. If there is one thing that characterizes jazz for me, it's the rhythmic expression--the swinging expression of notes. For me, it doesn't matter if this is found in Charlie Parker's "Now Is The Time," or Oingo Boingo's "Elevator Man," if it's got it, it swings, and I'm never going to get tired of it!

I own more jazz than any other kind of music. From Lee Morgan on Blue Note (1950's) to Paul Motian and Gonzalo Rubalcaba last year. There are so many great Jazz artists, it's impossible to listen to them all.

I must also allow time for rock and roll, blues, (a little) opera and classical. It would be easier to control my music library if I didn't like so many different kinds of music.

Great music out there. Then and now, and not enough time to put a dent in listening to it. Figure, on a couple of hours a day. What's that in the scheme of 500 hundred+ CDs. I have more of a problem just trying to decide on what not to listen to. 2 hours is 2 hours. How much can you really listen to in that time? It is a wonderful couple of hours, though, when I have it.... peace, warren

I loves me some jazz!