Continuing to spackle, sand and smooth my musical ignorance. Sheer pleasure discovering songs I missed while I was headbanging. 
NPR had did this list of the 100 most influential songs of the 20th century and I have been listening to snippets on Itunes. I am partial to sparse music with EMOTION and ANGST and ATTITUDE — rock, rap, blues, old honky tonk, some folk. However, I keep trying to learn more about jazz, open my ear to some of the standards. I LOVE most of the really good torchy croony love and longing stuff that Christine listens to (Nina Simone, some Ella, ANYTHING uttered by Etta) but you know what? I am finding I don’t like jazz so much. All the bibbity bibbity upbeat swingy punchy horns just don’t speak to me. Too sophisticated and complicated for my ear maybe?
Anyways, jazz fans please gimme your thoughts on the genre and share some good jazz numbers that should never be missed.
Here is the NPR list if anyone is interested.
Bitty bitty bop.
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