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because!!!!!!!!!!

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ps- just noticed.... since money is an issue, why not get some compilations? that's what got me started. you can cover a lot with little $ and then pick & choose. lemme suggest some names:


thelonious monk
duke ellington
count basie
pharoah sanders
charlie parker
sun ra
alice coltrane
louis armstrong
django reinhart
sonny rollins
dizzie gillespie
you've mentioned mingus & coltrane - mingus blues & roots is a great compilation
miles davis - cheeto mentioned kind of blue, you could also try sketches from spain, quasi-classical (concierto de aranjuez)
anything with max roach
bud powell
get some ragtime & some dixieland (couldn't name you)
herbie hancock
albert ayler
peter brotzmann
stan getz
chet baker
i'll think of more...

rather than give you a meaningless description of these people i suggest looking at some internet radio/sampler or amazon & listen to some samples. emusic offers you 50 free mp3s when you subscribe, rhapsody gives you 25 free listens on its radio, amazon has clips im sure for all these...