John Watt
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Okay, I have to admit I'm just looking here to see what Joe Barnett has to say.
Count Basie, eh? He was on TV a lot when I was younger, how I remember him.
The big question is, if he was alive now, would he have had natural hair, not slicked back?
Would he have hired a musician with a Jimi Hendrix influence, or would he have hired Hendrix himself?
I'm typing that, because Miles Davis hired a fat, looking like a slob white guy, with a Strat and Marshall stack,
and having him blast away on his own while onstage with Miles and his band sounded only contrary.
Don Ellis hit it for a while around here, getting airplay a lot, being more of a pop-jazz kinda guy.
I can't remember if he did anything with a vocalist,
but after Terry Kath died and Chicago went "power ballads", he could have picked up their slack.
Paul Horn sold a lot, same as The Brecker Brothers.
My favorite Miles, after teen years of listening to "In a Silent Way" and half of "Bitches Brew",
is now "Doo-Bop", the last recording he made, nice to jam along to on guitar.
I'm still not feeling any "Crystal Persuasion".
Count Basie, eh? He was on TV a lot when I was younger, how I remember him.
The big question is, if he was alive now, would he have had natural hair, not slicked back?
Would he have hired a musician with a Jimi Hendrix influence, or would he have hired Hendrix himself?
I'm typing that, because Miles Davis hired a fat, looking like a slob white guy, with a Strat and Marshall stack,
and having him blast away on his own while onstage with Miles and his band sounded only contrary.
Don Ellis hit it for a while around here, getting airplay a lot, being more of a pop-jazz kinda guy.
I can't remember if he did anything with a vocalist,
but after Terry Kath died and Chicago went "power ballads", he could have picked up their slack.
Paul Horn sold a lot, same as The Brecker Brothers.
My favorite Miles, after teen years of listening to "In a Silent Way" and half of "Bitches Brew",
is now "Doo-Bop", the last recording he made, nice to jam along to on guitar.
I'm still not feeling any "Crystal Persuasion".
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