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In Praise of Mr. P.C.

y entry into Paul Chambers’ bass playing was Miles Davis’ , which I first heard when I was in high school. From there I went to the Miles Prestige records—, all that stuff. And then to all the offshoots: Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland. It was like a family tree, where you start at the root and just take off and find out

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