The late Alexis heard the connections in music, not being some one-dimensional purist. His radio programs were where he really shone - don't really see old Mike Harding playing Charles Mingus somehow (who had a big influence on UK music via Davy Graham/Jansch et al, tracking the influence lines). I saw his band Blues Incorporated many times, each occasion a different lineup of the best, mainly jazz musicians around, who were all better than him, but it never seemed to matter. Saw him on his all-nighter's down Les Cousins, come to think of it, playing electric guitar. Never less than interesting but I always felt that his musical ambition never matched his techniques/abilities. His great talent was bringing people/music together, I suspect - like a more interesting and cooler version of the breathless/annoying Jools Holland. But he'd been around a long time - since 'Trad Tavern' at least...