All across the board the last ten years has probably been the best decade in the history of jazz in terms of the sheer volume of fantastic stuff to listen to. The very very best records were mostly in the sixties (or there around) so I’m not going to say we’re in the best era but I definitely think we’re in the second best era. What’s going on now is better than the bebop era even when you take into consideration the pioneering nature of what Bird and Diz were doing. I know that’s a big claim but we’re living in good times. Incredible times.
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