josephdunphy/jazz

So I'm listening to Miles Davis on RealMedia, and Annabelle is dancing her tuchas off to the music, as I wonder where that disco ball is hanging from. No matter. She's having a good time and so am I.














Reportedly very large collection of classic jazz with a very nice and impressively sizable assortment of free .mp3s - not being a subscriber, I can't vouch for how many more recordings are available for those who are, but there is plenty there for those of us who aren't. Sampling a few files, I found myself impressed with the sound quality, thinking that the main limitation on my experience was the quality of the speakers on the computer I was using at the time. As for the quality of the artists, who has not heard of Louie Armstrong? At least a few of these names will speak well for themselves, many decades later.

Well worth bookmarking, especially since this site isn't as likely to run into copyright issues as Napster was, so much time having passed since much of this music was made. As always, check with an attorney before taking such advice, but I suspect that one might be able to use much of this as background music on one's sites without having to worry about legal issues arising, something to think about in a time when so many sysops are so quick on the trigger, and in a strange way, more fashionable a choice than one might expect in an era in which the very concept of fashion may end up going out of fashion.