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Disappearing Jazz?

After years of collecting all types of music except jazz and big band I'm now playing catchup.  Looking at the recordings of Ruby Braff (trumpet), Dick Hyman (piano) Roland Hanna (piano). Art Tatum (piano), Claude Bolling even the great vocalist Sarah Vaughan I find the majority of their catalog is only available used on vinyl.  There are many other names I could have included in this list - I'm gradually getting to them (Thelonious Sphere Monk, etc ).

Beyond the lack of availability what alarms me as a new collector of this genre is that there doesn't appear to be musicians to take the place of these giants.  Not to say there are no more Big Bands or jazz pianists BUT how many new artists have the hundreds of recordings these musicians created?

Is jazz disappearing?  Will streaming services eventually include recordings only available on LP? 

Feel free to offer any suggestions for other artists to collect in the traditional jazz / big band category.  I also have collected Miles, Coltrane and Bill Evans though just starting to dive into Ellington.

Hoping to find this music soon.

Thanks for your thoughts.

 

bigquery

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There's tons of jazz new and recent. Qobuz and Qobuz with Roon even more so are fantastic ways to find it. 

WRTI Jazz out of Temple University is another. 

Be sure to explore the ECM label. Over the last few decades they're put out uncompromsing music with great sonics...Keith Jarrett on ECM is a natural place to start.

It's a shame if you're not into vinyl. Most of the masterpieces in jazz were recorded in the all analog era, and the recent introductions of the Blue Note Tone Poet and Classic reissue series are putting numerous high quality releases out with superb sound quality at affordable prices. The best value out there! 

Cheers,

Spencer

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