I posted the link for*emphasis*;-)

Actually, and typically, I read Rapaire's first post, pasted the link, then tried to think of something to say, and got distracted--opened the thread again, read your posts, posted something, and then found the first thread, and, in an attempted to close it, sent it instead.

I meant to say, "Hey, Spaw, you forgot to mention Charles Mingus and Bud Powell!" But, of course, that's not a Trinity, then, is it?

I also thought, Jazz is the real American Traditional music--it provides the form and structure that underlies everything else, and that Max Roach took everything rhythmic that happened before, and used it to shape everything that came later--and you hear his influence in everything from Rockabilly to Bluegrass, to Hip Hop, and even in Dylan--

The sad thing is that a lot of people who should know who he is don't, and a lot that should have listened to him haven't--