| Sounds Like | Sounds Like?
Me, myself, and I, of course - but bear in mind that I am the product of all the sounds and all the experiences, musical and otherwise, that I've ever had.
Short answer - Illinois Jacquet in the 21st century? Somebody else should come up with something.
OK, OK, to free-associate for a minute, I do gratefully take inspiration from the lives and work of, among many others, the following: Sidney Bechet, Johnny Dodds, Omer Simeon, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Hodges, Bud Freeman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Don Byas, Nicholas Brightman, James Galway, Hubert Laws, Lenny White, Jaco Pastorius, Stan Waldman, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Earl Bostic, Willis Jackson, Morris Goldberg, Carlos Ward, Dewey Redman, Cesaria Evora, James Carter, Milton Nascimento, Kaissa, Kassav, Tabou Combo, Little Feat, Dick Wilson, Jimmy Coe, Alonzo "Pookie" Johnson, Russell Webster, David Young, Dick Dickinson, Slide Hampton and all the Hamptons, J. J. Johnson, Art Baron, Dave Mathews, Jimmy Buffett, Paul Simon, James Taylor, David Sanborn, Ornette Coleman, Branford Marsalis, Lara Fabian, Luciano Pavarotti, Edith Piaf, Bitova Obas, Edy Borgela Philippe, Emeline Michel, Joel and Mushi Widmaier, Jacky Ambroise, Fabrice Rouzier, Paul Henegan, Jim Hayward, Ernie Watts, Mary Lou Williams, Antoine Roney, Ron Miller, Daniel Lanois, Harvey Gill, John Mellencamp, Paul S. Ray, Carlos K Pereira, Branley Midouin, Makarios Cesaire, Dadou Pasquet, Tit Pascal, Pierre Doudou Ciné, Adrien Dupuy, Bono, Dallas, Mike Klvana, Loubert Chancy, Sue Terry, Frank London, Doug Cuomo, Nino Rota, Gerald Merceron, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Steve Bernstein, Harry LeRoy, Fred Paul, Ti Fré, Elysee Pyronneau, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Gil Evans, Chico O'Farrill, Gato Barbieri, Flip Phillips, Charlie Parker, Harold Land, René Netto, Kid Thomas, Irvin Mayfield, Clark Gayton, Kid Ory, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Yaa-Lengi Ngemi, Eric Virgal, Ronald Tulle, Ti Blanc of Orchestre Tropicana.
All Reefers and Reeferettes past, present, and temporary (that may include all of us).
All the Mitchells, Donnells, Applegates, Eltzroths, Sweeneys, Dirkses, Harters, Fulneckys, Adlers, Jeloviches, Casteras, Blains, Charleses, Sarjoos, and Philippes, you certainly know who you are.
All the Parrotheads who've been so good to me over the years.
I'd like to imagine them all in the same room at the same time, but in a way, wherever I go, they come along.... |
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