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From: marantz@null.DEC (Josh HL01-1/S09 DTN 225-4394)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: A jazz fan's lament
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 01:21:07 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 01:21:07 1985
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> Posted: Wed Apr 10 13:46:01 1985
> 
> You are not alone. 
> Worst thing about the whole deal is that even our local "Jazz"
> radio stations are 90% pop-fusion-rock rubbish.  You can hear
> Spyro Gyra any time of the day or night but early Miles is 
> seldom heard (not of commercial interest I guess)
> 
> What about "Jeru" Mulligan, Dizzy, "West Coast" Jazz, Art and Art?  
> 
> I don't listen to anything recorded after 1957.
> 
> 				Kelly McArthur
I am relatively new to jazz, but I agree with you in that I much
prefer the music of Miles and company to that of Spyro-Gyra and
company.  However, as far as 1957 goes, I won't listen to much
recorded before that date.  Mostly, I just can't stand the
recording quality.  I have some Billy Holiday that sounds like
it was recorded through a telephone.  I realize that things
improved between then and the 50's, but I consider Kind of Blue
(one of my new favorites) to be technically so-so (I'm referring
to the engineering, not the music).  I'm not sure when it was
recorded, but later Miles sounds so much better.  I realize you
were probably not intending to be taken literally about 1957,
but do you really hate stuff like Miles Davis' Bitches Brew or
In a Silent Way?
			    -Josh

"It wouldn't matter to a man with an open heart"