Louis Armstrong was my first love--67 or 68. I've liked jazz as long as I can remember, but I only got into it in my 20s. I played guitar and bass in a jazz band, and i pretty much doubled my knowledge of music, arrangements, and theory. I don't listen to jazz every day, but when I do, I generally listen to pre-fusion / funk jazz. ,Louis, Ella, Cab Calloway, Duke. Fats Waller. Earl Hines. Or a little later, Wes Montgomery and George Benson (pre-hits), early Miles and early Chick Corea. Sessions players such as Larry Carlton, Steve Gadd, etc. For a while, in the sensitive male late 70s and early 80s, I was into Michael Franks. Still, "Popsicle Toes" is a fun song. Crusaders. I admire fusion players, but I'm just not into it. And I know Coltrane was a genius, but when he starts going dissonate, I lose interest. That's not fair to a man who was such a pioneering musician. Maybe one night I'll get smoked up and give it a good listen.