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It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing

I've been a jazz fan since the mid-50s. I started out listening to Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, and Artie Shaw. I then graduated to Duke Ellington, The Modern Jazz Quartette, Dave Brubeck, and the West Coast sounds of Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, and Chet Baker. After that came Miles, Coltrane, Art Blakey, and Thelonius Monk. Other favorites are Gene Ammons and Stan Getz. In a more modern vein, I like Chuck Mangione and Mark Isham.

My favorite vocalists include Chris Connor, June Christy, Jane Monheit, and Joe Williams. For the blues, I'm partial to Champion Jack Dupree, Shugie Otis, The Allman Brothers, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Here are some of my all-time favorite albums (in no particular order):

Shorty Rogers - Wherever The Five Winds Blow Duke Ellington - Masterpieces By Ellington Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain John Coltrane - Coltrane Plays The Blues John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman Chuck Mangione - Children Of Sanchez Benny Goodman - Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Benny Goodman - Small Group Master Takes The Modern Jazz Quartette - Fontessa John Lewis - The John Lewis Piano Various Artists - The Blues In Modern Jazz

Jimmy Giuffre - The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet Dave Brubeck - Take Five Dave Brubeck - Jazz Red Hot & Cool Dave Brubeck - Jazz Goes To College Chris Conner - The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - Ella & Louis Jim Hall - Concierto Billie Holiday - Ken Burns Jazz Series Mark Isham - "Romeo Is Bleeding" (Soundtrack) Thelonius Monk Quartette - Misterioso Art Blakey - Jazz Messengers with Thelonius Monk Joe Williams - Everyday I Have The Blues