[Mr. Mulliner]

Do you mean free jazz or improvisational jazz? Ornette Coleman was a genius to some for his free jazz, but I just don't get it.

But improvisational jazz, where the artist is inspired uniquely each time he or she plays a tune, is something quite different.

I'm a big fan of Miles Davis, but especially his second great quintet from the mid to late 60s because they were truly geniuses at improvising, but working together as a unit.

[gulfcoast6]

I am not a jazz fan, sounds like they are looking for notes when they play. Give me that good ole cheek rubbing, eyes closed, deep concertration, 'pull em tight to you' kind of music and I am a happy man. I love the 40's music, now THAT was GOOD music.

[gulfcoast6]

Forgot to add, BLUES is really great, the good ole 'delta' blues, you know of course the blues were started in Mississippi. When I was in police work in the 60's I use to go to the black joints, sit in the kitchens, listen to the greats of today who were working for pennies then, Fats, Little Milton, BB King, and on and on, a lot should have be great today but didn't make it, listen to their music and eat chitterlings. The owers would call me and tell me who was coming so I cound go. I was a detective then, as I like to say, in 'clean clothes', so no uniform spooked the patrons. I use to chuckle watching 8 folks sitting at a small table with a qt of beer getting drunk as a skunk, two drops of beer and the rest of the bottle filled with moonshine whiskey. They use to tell me 'Mr. Toby, you be one of us one saturaday night and you will not want to be as you are ever again. They loved life.

[gulfcoast6]

I am thinking of buying me a WW1 Russian Sniper Rifle, 100 bucks, scope and all. I like colecting guns and, I have something like 8 murder weapons (knives and ice picks) I collected over my years in polic work. We could keep the evidence in those days when the case went to court and the judge OKed it.

[Miss Marple]

Re jazz: I don't like any music without a recognizable melody, words I can distinguish, and a definite rhythm.

As I said, I am a philistine. Ha!