Jon Foley explains that his messages tend to come in batches.
Yesterday, I was listening to a west coast jazz station over the internet, and a track came on, a quintet, I believe. The rhythm section caught my attention, even when the horns were soloing. When it came time for the piano solo, I was riveted. You know how sometimes you’re listening to musicians solo, and they’re all good, and then one plays and immediately makes you think, wow, this guy’s on another level completely? I didn’t recognize him right away, so I waited for the announcer to give the personnel. She finally came on, gave the line-up, and the pianist was, of course, ……….Bill Charlap.