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I've probably been a jazz fan since I watched Mister Rogers Neighborhood as a kid, enjoying the sounds of guitarist Joe Negri and (the late) pianist Johnny Costa. As a Pittsburgh native, these guys remain very special to me. I remember thinking how cool the music on PBS's the Electric Company was too. As a teenager in the mid 70s, a very kind lady on my paper route introduced me to the sounds of fusion and talents like Bob James. I took up the alto sax, flute, piano, guitar - and just about anything else I could get my hands on - just to experience what these guys were playing. A friend at the University of Pittsburgh (where I went to college) turned me on to a broader scope of jazz that included much of the Blue Note, Verve, Impulse and Prestige stuff from the 60s. To this day, it is still the music I like best. At 34 years of age, I'm a financial-services marketing slave who lives just outside of Washington, DC. But my love for jazz prevails. I've developed Web sites dedicated to some of the musicians who've had special impact on me: the music of Hungarian jazz guitarist, Gabor Szabo (Iconoclasm), jazz pianist and film/TV composer Lalo Schifrin, Oliver Nelson and Gary McFarland. I also like much of what is considered "acid jazz," "bachelor pad" - and the more serious (and more creative) music that goes by names like modal and bop. I tend to prefer music without words. Because, as Miles Davis suggested, it doesn't take words to make the feeling of jazz enjoyable and the music doesn't take labels to make it worthwhile. In writing reviews, I look for what I like in the music and share it with others who might find something similarly appealing.
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