Hardbopjazz Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 (edited) I seem to buy almost all my jazz pior to the 1970's. There is so much great music that I don't have from that time alone, that I concentrate my buying almost entirely on the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's. I would have to say pre 1970's makes up 97% of my music. Edited April 8, 2004 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Primarily from the late fifties throught the sixties. I have occasionally jaunts into other time periods but I just love that hard bop period! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 With few exceptions (Higgins, Wyands, Toshiko, NYTrio...) it's all 50's/60's. It's good to be stuck in a time warp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWright Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I buy a small number of new releases, but mainly a lot of reissues, like many people on this board. My favorite historical period is 1945-1970, I would say, with a secondary interest in pre-1945 and 1970's jazz and in more recent years I have started to investigate the 1980's and beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 (edited) Usually between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. though on the weekends it may be early morning right after Tower opens (until the store itself goes away, which is going to happen in a few months DAMNIT). Edited April 8, 2004 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Or to answer the question another way. . . I really have since about 1990 been buying more and more of material from the time period of the recordings of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band through the emergence of Charlie Parker as "the shit." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I'm afraid that I've fallen under the influence of the "Funny Rat" and I'm mostly buying 1980 to present free-jazz. I've become very excited about this music, I feel like I'm exploring a new world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Mostly I'm a 50s-60s type of guy. At least most of my recent puchase have been of that vintage. But I enjoy a good helping of more recent things, Vandermark, Murray, and several more but there doesn't seem to be too much of interest coming out at them moment. Anyway I'm trying to cut down on the habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I'm afraid that I've fallen under the influence of the "Funny Rat" and I'm mostly buying 1980 to present free-jazz. I've become very excited about this music, I feel like I'm exploring a new world. EVIL! THAT DAMN FUNNY RAT THREAD IS EVIL! Ditto what Matthew said. Love the old(er) stuff but it's often interesting to experience history in the making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 For me, it's mostly middle 40s to the middle 60s. That is my favorite period of jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 (edited) Probably the 1960's, followed by the 70's (although I am very selective about what I'll buy from the 70's -- it's just that I'm always looking for really interesting things from the 70's). Actually -- that brings up a good point. Even though the amount of jazz from the 70's that I buy is much lower than for some other decades -- my interest in finding particular kinds of recordings from the 70's is really quite high. SO, to specifically answer this thread two ways, here's my purchasing habits for the decades, by relative interest-factor, and also in terms of amount of music actually purchased... Interest factor ========= 1. 60's 2. 70's 3. 90's & 00's 4. 50's 5. 80's / 40's / and before Purchase frequency ============= 1. 60's 2. 50's 3. 90's & 00's 4. 70's 5. 80's / 40's / and before I could further break this out by half-decades too (but I won't), except to say that my interest in late 60's jazz is quite high, but my actually frequency of purchase for early 60's jazz is higher. It all has to do with how much is out there (on CD) that I haven't already gotten yet, vs. areas I haven't explored as much as I should. Edited April 8, 2004 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I'm afraid that I've fallen under the influence of the "Funny Rat" and I'm mostly buying 1980 to present free-jazz. I've become very excited about this music, I feel like I'm exploring a new world. The insidious pull of the Funny Rat has affected my purchases of late as well. The 50's/60's bop era still rules the roost, but just barely...we're not in Kansas anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Most of my buying involves jazz from the 40s thru the 60s but I have a keen interest in what happened before and - with the help of a lot of posters on this Board - since. I was stuck on Parker but have now expanded from Charlie to Evan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 mostly 1955-1965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAL Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 As the avatar suggests, my primary interest is in jazz from the 20s to 30s although I'm buying a fair bit of recordings from the 50s to 60s of late. Very little of post 60s recordings, maybe about 3% of total purchases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I started with the 40's-50's and continue to add from time to time, but for the last year or so I've been going mainly for the late 50's to 60's. In the past few weeks I've found some real gems recorded in the 90's of all times, so I'm beginning to stray a bit. I even went so far as to pick up something recorded in this decade. I'm feeling real crazy right about now. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 It seems that most of my purchases are 50's thru 70's. Most of my purchases beyond those dates are from artists who were recording during that time frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I just buy whatever I'm in the mood for at the time, which is liable to be any damn thing, as long as it's cheap enough. Although, I will splurge if it's something really important. I tend to get curious about an artist, era, or genre, and then do a crash-education thru books and recordings. Then I let that soak for a while. But before soak time is total immerion time. The soaking is important too. Sometimes I come right back, sometimes later, seldom never. It's important to learn the fine art of bottom-feeding if you want to explore lots of different types of music, I do, and I have. What I'm trying to say is that I have no one favorite period, although I'm a little light in REALLY early jazz, and I put myself out of the hot and heavy loop for new developements about 10-15 years ago because I wanted any new developements that I heard to be mine, not somebody else's (there comes a time). But hey - it's ALL good (at least in theory), and not just for jazz either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I'm afraid that I've fallen under the influence of the "Funny Rat" and I'm mostly buying 1980 to present free-jazz. I've become very excited about this music, I feel like I'm exploring a new world. Welcome to the music of "your life", not someone else's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I also buy what I'm in the mood for at the time and that might not necessarily have anything to do with era or a paticular type of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I'd estimate that more than 90% of my jazz collection is from the 1915-2004 period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Specialist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I'd estimate that more than 90% of my jazz collection is from the 1915-2004 period. Can you be more specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedR Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Jim, I'd be interested in some more details of the art of bottom-feeding. Where, how, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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