Originally posted by johnnya24
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Agreed with the post-war comment. For some reason, I don't really think about a ton of great artists when I think of jazz. Armstrong, Ellington, Shaw, Goodman, all the vocalists, plus all the Dixieland, swing, etc...I think of them in a different context. I guess I'm a bop baby. Bop, hard bop, cool jazz, modal jazz, west coast, fusion...I could pretty much be happy from 1950 to 1975.
I like the Pre-1970 draft ideal, although for me that would be about as difficult as a 70s draft. There's just too much good stuff. A large number of the artists we picked in the 70s draft did their best work in the 60s.
Anyway, no more 12-hour days or seven-day weeks for me for a while, so I can perhaps make a meaningful contribution to a draft. I'm very sorry I didn't add much to the 70s draft, especially since I love the decade's music so much.
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