Nearly four weeks ago I posted an entry about my rising interest in Jazz. Thanks to Andrew Stern, who offered a couple of recommendations, I’m now starting to build up a small collection. Though “Stardust” is taking a little getting into, I love “Mingus Ah Um” and is exactly the type of thing that I’m interested in.
Having heard a few interesting tracks on the radio, I bought “Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis (which is my current favourite album), “Midnight Blue” by Kenny Burrell and “Requiem” by Branford Marsalis. Love them all.
In a way, it’s like being a teenager again and when I first got into music of any kind, discovering Bowie, Floyd, Queen, etc. (I know, my age is showing.) It’s refreshing to find something that, in spite of being decades old – for some of the music above – because it’s new to me it still feels fresh.