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In Reply to: Jazz is eating my brain. posted by olddude55 on February 9, 2012 at 17:23:43:
I became a teenager in 1955 which was the breakthrough year for R&R and I've continued to listen to that ever since. But growing up my dad played lots of earlier jazz and I had the seeds planted for Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden. By high school I was developing an interest in Miles and Brubeck and a few others and it only grew from there.
Perhaps surprisingly, my interest in classical grew out of jazz. The similarity of the counterpoint lines to jazz led me to appreciate Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, then on to several other Baroque composers and that led to exploring other periods of classical music.
Parallel to that I didn't like C&W for a long time. But my interest in folk music (from the revival in the late '50s, early '60s) led me to bluegrass and string band music. From there I've learned to enjoy at least some country music; Cline, Cash, Jones, Wills, etc.
Along the way a few other types of music have slipped into my consciousness such as Celtic and Middle-Eastern. So for me at least, the marvel is the association of one form to another and where that can lead us if we remain open to the journey.
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- Jazz and musical tastes -- music is an amazing journey - M3 lover 11:42:19 02/10/12 (0)