Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older?

As a 60 year old I listen to mostly jazz now which I only discovered 3-4 years ago.  As for contemporary music, not so much.  That’s a shame, those vintage jazz records don’t come cheap! 😂

Actually, @simmonmoon, new jazz almost turned me off before I got into it. I subscribed to Jazziz magazine with the idea of using the magazine and its accompanying CDs as a gateway into Jazz. While there was some that I enjoyed, I was never really moved to start digging deeper. By pure coincidence I stumbled across an eBay seller who was slowing selling his deceased fathers jazz collection of about 3500 albums. Turned out he lived about 3 miles from me! I began buying 10-15 albums at a time, mostly 50s, 60s and 70s. I loved what I heard and and his prices were very reasonable, especially considering what fantastic condition they were in. Sadly, he passed away last December, I really enjoyed talking about music with him when he dropped a batch of records off. He still had about 2000-2500 records left, sadly I suspect his son just sold them as a lot at a record store. But I digress! I have followed suggestions on Roon and Qobuz based on the music I like most but I keep coming back to the vintage jazz that I want to listen to over and over again. The newer stuff just hasn’t moved me in the same way. That’s just the way it is. But saying I haven’t given more modern jazz a chance is just flat out wrong. I will try streaming some of the artists you mentioned above with an open mind, but based on previous experience I won’t hold my breath. But thanks for making an assumption about me based on knowing absolutely nothing about me other than two or three sentences I typed above.

@simonmoon 

No hard feelings, I’ve certainly been guilty of the same more than once in my life.  We get passionate about the things that are important to us.

Keep on enjoying the music!