I’ve been immensely enjoying some jazz lately – something I don’t know much about – but I think the period that turns my crank the most must be the hard bop/free jazz/improv era between the late 50s and I guess the early 1970s? Although I’ve heard one Brantford Marsalis Quartet LP, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born, and it’s fairly stunning, and it’s from 1991, so these delineations based on date are arbitrary…
I’ve been able to download full, classic albums from this period – ultra-rare and out-of-print albums – for free from the Web. I would like to personally thank those people who are making these albums available for their hard work and dedication to the wonderful music of this period. That is all.
