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Ernie Watts, like a dear friend of mine, was born in segregated Virginia in 1945. That IS the blues and street savvy besides. You're right, Haunted Heart is a tribute to L.A. in the forties, but Ernie makes negotiating Lennie's Pennies in the altissimo range sound easy -- which it's not! Reading Andy Hamilton's book about Lee Konitz, I learned something I didn't know -- that Alan Broadbent was a student of Tristano's. On the other hand, I have to question why Robin Kelley would dignify what Monk's manager said about Oliver Nelson. Timeline of Desegregation in Virginia:http://www.lib.odu.edu/special/schooldesegregation/timeline.htmhttp://www.vahistorical.org/civilrights/massiveresistance.htm