Christalmighty........Oscar Peterson. Not the same world without Pops. What a year this has been for a lot of jazz greats.

It started as I recall with Mike Brecker. I met him a few times when we were both young....tremendous tenor man. Then the clarinet style of Tony Scott was gone, one of the very finest. Sal Mosca who could have been one of the very best at a keyboard....and maybe he was.........Hey, the Bird loved to play with him. Max Roach......that's all needs to be said.....Max Roach. Fusion Master Joe Zawinul. Teresa Brewer....made it in pop but was sooooo fine as a jazz singer. Cecil Payne and Frank Morgan finish off the reed section...............

Damn I hate getting old.............and this year really sucks.

Spaw