Avant Thank you for the history overview and the accompanying list of artists. You’re entirely right that I do want to learn about the history and development of blues and jazz. Learning the context around something as well as how it has evolved is of interest to me. It is also, as you mentioned, one of the harder things to learn through pure research (compared to finding music that is simply stylistically similar to what one already listens to).
Pavlov I have done some of the branching you’ve suggested in the past. It is more my usual learning style, particularly since I tend to focus on a narrow band of any subject. That continues to make it good advice. That doesn’t remove the usefulness of Avante’s information or recommendations, however. If anything, it enhances them, since it gets me out of my typical “narrow band” mode of discovery.
I found both of your posts helpful. Both catering to my regular learning style and offering a different framework are useful to me.