And a couple of close friends of mine played with him as well.

I loved Maynard. He took it up a notch, maybe not as much as Dizzy, but a significant step. His early use of electronics from wah-wah to echo chambers was fandamtastic. Listening to Maynard play duets and trios with himself live....that was far out and for the time simply unbelievable. He took something from all that played with and came before and put it into his own special package. Then he added those MF touches which took it all soaring. I have lots of MF on CD now and I will miss him although we all know they don't live forever.

A true jazz great.

Spaw