Hi Jerry, As you know I'm a big "hot-club" fan, mostly because of Djangos' guitar playing. As a guitar player I do tend to be drawn to music/musicians where the guitar features heavily. I'm not a great fan of "modern" jazz, I prefer to be able to tap my foot and "join-in" the melody.
I once had the chance to visit Ronnie Scotts' jazz club in London and was looking forward to seeing some great musicians in an intimate environment, but instead I was treated to some technically great musicians who seemed to be each playing a different piece of music at the same time.
They started together and they finished together, so they clearly understood it, but it left me unmoved.
As for "big-band" jazz, whilst I don't listen to it at home, I occasionally go to listen in to a local group of musicians while they rehearse on Sunday mornings. It's very powerful and quite educational to watch the band leader pull together this large ensemble into a cohesive unit.
I've played a fair bit of jazz guitar, either with a gypsy-jazz trio or as a dep' for the big band, and found it an extremely sharp learning curve which I've been able to take with me into other areas of music.
So, in answer to your question, YES, count me in!