You know, I really wondered how bad was the music behind the bad covers.
But this made me realize - even more - how limited and not inclusive are these streaming service catalogs, in spite of their claims.
If you had shown me this cover without me knowing who John Scofield was, I would have assumed this album was particularly dorky elevator music. But it’s great stuff: https://youtu.be/QBWTJ--Son8
That said...... there are cases where you can probably judge books by their covers: http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/letmetouch.jpg
I can’t imagine most of those are on streaming..lost to the ages. A lot of it won’t be missed but there are probably some hidden gems too
That said, Apple Music has a decent catalog of jazz, including many smaller artists - it’s actually the bigger names (whose estates have meaningful control over their body of work) that are sometimes patchier. Apple Music is also very good for finding new artists, and they put good work into their jazz playlists (even if the choices are maybe a bit anodyne).
Spotify used to be horrible for jazz - apparently it’s gotten better, but I remember signing up for a free month and being extremely disappointed.