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To: spitsong who wrote (32)	6/23/2014 3:50:51 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 157

Personally, I think iTunes has regressed over the last couple years, but I can see why -- they're trying get more paying customers. >> I've always thought there was tons of great music to listen to from every era, even today. I am not very tolerant of recent music. If I find good musicianship I'll bite; but I used to make a weekly trip to record/CD stores and buy 5-10 CDs. I haven't bought any new music in more than a year now. None of the new stuff appeals to me. It does create a problem as I have almost all the older stuff I want. My iTunes has 40K tracks in it yet I still have times where I can't find anything I really want to listen to.

To: spitsong who wrote (32)	6/23/2014 11:18:55 AM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 157

> tons of great music to listen to from every era, even today. I agree that there is good music in every era and every genre. But there isn't tons of it. In fact the best are often obscure for a good reason, they are smarter than most fans and beyond them aesthetically. For me its finding a needle in a haystack. For example Sun Ra was obscure for decades. He's still somewhat obscure. Jazz purists poo poo him because he had absurd elaborate shows. Record collectors die over him. IMHO only Duke Ellington was a better jazz composer, and just by a bit. Most others pale. Sun Ra wrote arrangements for Fletcher Henderson but consistently was at the top of the Downbeat critics polls, keyboard, composer, big band. Just the critics polls. Never met anyone who saw Sun Ra in person who wasn't changed by the experience. I'm a huge Fletcher Henderson fan because Sun Ra was a huge fan. Same for Jelly Roll, seeing Sun Ra play "King Porter Stomp" was a mirror into how avant guard and forward looking Jelly Roll was. Really modern for the day. I'm a huge Duke Ellington fan because of the below album, one of Miles Davis' greatest recordings (Penguin gave it florets and called it a collision between Stockhausen and calypso)... on the inside cover its dedicated to Duke Ellington. I figure the best know who the best are.