Originally Posted by DanaC

Alright......had to happen sooner or later, I have found myself recently getting into jazz. Funny thing is my dad tried for years to explain why he liked jazz and I just thought it sucked.

So....given that I know very little about it, but am kind of interested in hearing more, are there any jazz fans in here? If so any advice on stuff to listen to? So far I've mainly been listening to a little old school pre-50s stuff and some of the 'cool jazz' artists. I just went on ebay and ordered a Thelonius Monk cd. Hoping that lives up to expectations