It has been a wonderful series, and a joyous education as well.
I have a new appreciation for Wynton Marsalis, too, his musicianship,
his encyclopedic knowledge of jazz, his obvious love of the music,
and his eloquence and insight.
I thought there were a few gaping holes, though.  Apparently,
if you are not American, you are not jazz.  How else to explain
the omission of Django Reinhardt, considered by many to be
the greatest jazz guitarist of them all, and amongst the titans of
the genre ( I missed parts of a couple of the segments-correct
me if I'm wrong).
In fact, guitarists in general got short shrift in the horn-centric
presentation.  Charlie Christian was the only one mentioned.
No Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis,,etc, etc.
Also missing in action: Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Jean Luc-
Ponty, John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius.......
Phenomenal organist Jimmy Smith was only mentioned in passing.
And what about Stephane Grappelli, certainly one of the all
time luminaries of jazz, and one of the finest musicians to stomp
this green sphere, who toured and played brilliantly for
60 years!
RR

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