Your note suggests that you may be ready to move on to some REAL jazz. The great releases by artists such as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Charles Mingus, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, etc., etc., have the singular virtue of inspiring and moving you, even after many, many hearings. Unlike much of "fusion" and "contemporary" jazz which tends to be pretty formulaic, the works by the great masters of jazz is American music that is, in the best sense, classical. During the past 6 months, I have made several long posts in various discussions about jazz, and I suggest you check back through the Audiogon archives for those threads.
CD Recommendations
Can anyone recommend a great recording in contemperary jazz or New age Music. I have about 750 cds and It seems at times I dont have anything I want to listen to. I like all kinds of music but I would like to build my jazz and new age collection a little more. I like Yanni,david arkenstone, david lanz etc and for jazz I like fourplay the rippingtons, dave koz etc. Iam tired of buying a cd and only likng 4 out of 12 songs. Thanks for your help sorry if this semms as a bogus post but I thought maybe somone can turn me on to some new artists. Thank you Daniel