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The big band stuff is great, but a lot of people really get into it because of the newer age bop style jazz, i.e. Buddy Rich. Find Buddy Rich - West Side Story played by him or others and you'll get an entire spectrum of jazz. (one of those recordings may have even been one I played on... I played for a band on a CD that was cut which included the real version of West Side Story, as played by myself on drums..)
Maynard Ferguson took bebop and mixed it with disco and scream trumpets to create what a lot of people think of when they think Jazz in the late 70s.
the late 80's and 90s saw fusion jazz and some crazy stuff come into play- Dave Weckl Band, Joshua Redman's Elastic Band, and recently the Christian McBride band..
best way to experience Jazz is to go find a live show at a university and just mingle. You can go see a show for usually under $20-25 in a small auditorium and just really be blown away by the talent in the room. I saw Maynard Ferguson before he died in a real private gig auditorium of less than 300 people.. just real good memories and you will learn alot if you stick around and talk to the people..
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