.... I had read about this in the newspaper ... When I was about 15 yrs old, (about 50 yrs ago !!!) a friend of mine and I went to a jazz concert at Madison Square Garden in NYC ... this was my first jazz concert ever, and Maynard was one of the featured artists, along with Ahmad Jamal, Sarah Vaughn and others ... his death is a loss, but he has left a legacy ... having seen him in recent years I noticed that he kept his band 'young' with a constant infusion of excellent young players ...
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