i mean i had the most well known albums as a teen

i had a post-bop phase (blue note really, early 60's) a few years back

but record digging for real these past coulla years has greatly expanded my knowledge about the music

you're not unique, that's why Ken Burns shit basically stopped at 1965 & skipped to Wynton's corny ass (love Wynton, really, but he's a cornball)

but unlike you, free jazz did not cause a record scratch or shock me

ok, maybe if you played some free shot for me a few years back i couldn'tve understood it

but once i picked up a few LPs, did some research & dug deeper into it & labels like ESP or BYG/Actuel or even ECM & Black Saint, along w/ the Impulse free stuff...

welp

all i can say is it actually opened my mind to whole new worlds of music & a deeper understanding & appreciation of jazz as a whole