From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:32:33 +0100, Joerg Walther wrote:   
      
   > Actually, they turned me onto Jazz. As a teenager who barely knew any   
   > music besides from the usual pop drivel being played on the radio the   
   > 1981 Essen concert which was broadcast live in its entirety on German TV   
   > AND radio till 4:30am showed me there were actually competent musicians   
   > who were able to improvise at length. The next step was to look for more   
   > music similar to this, which would have been Jazz...   
      
   I tried to like jazz and failed. To provide some context I read Kerouac   
   and the other Beats at a young age and they were into the '40s and '50s   
   bebop musicians. I found the music twitchy and nervous.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop   
      
   'Cool jazz' was a little better but by then the folk revival was well   
   underway and that was more my speed. I associate cool jazz with Peter   
   Gunn.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gunn   
      
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