If I may, in the interest of promoting commerce AND good music, I'd recommend you skip on over to Bandcamp. It is a very innovative and DIY platform whereby musicians and labels can release content directly to the world. It has a search and listen function (If you want, you can search under Free Jazz) where you can decide ahead of time if you like it, and purchasing is very simple.
I have no ownership interest in this platform nor to I derive any benefit from promoting it...other than I want music to grow and thrive and not die under the weight of vapid new pop and lethargic old people. Good luck.
Thank you. Will check it out.
The music industry was just beginning to experiment with internet distribution, downloads, and streaming when I got involved. All our music came out on CD only at first. Then, in those rare instances where all content was original (no cover songs), we released for streaming and downloads.
I have thought long and hard about how the gatekeepers of broadcast music functioned back in the day. Lots of payola despite laws against it. But you still needed some judicious ears on the part of those who decided what to air. Even in the late 60’s there were scads of 45rpm cutouts in the bins at Ayr-Way. The fact is an enormous amount of substandard music is produced every second any more. I find it challenging to seek and filter.