John Hood wrote:

>When you are finished this project maybe you could research why alll the great
jazz sax players learnt from Boots Randolph.

So that's where they learned all their stuff!

> Then there's the burning question of how Bill Evans and Monk stole all of
their ideas fromm Liberace. I could go on ...

I _will go on. Even Beethoven ripped off Liberace. Just listen to his fifth
piano concerto. Isn't it obvious that it is loaded with ideas from Liberace?

> But in the meantime, check out the great version of Java Jones on Miles' "On
The Corner". And no, Miles never found his own style, really.

What a pity that he was a total failure in that regard. Obviously he should have
stayed at Julliard instead of hanging out on 52nd Street.

John Link

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