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[Steve Schwartz]

Charles Mingus' "Blues & Roots" changed my life.
I first heard jazz music on the radio as a teenager living in Los Angles from 1957-1960.
I'd listen to Sleepy Stein on KNOB. Chico Hamilton's "Sleepy Slept Here" was his theme song.
I remember hearing a tune by The Mastersounds, Bud Powell's "Un Poco Loco" on his show. 
I went to a record store on Adams Boulevard to buy the LP. 
When I opened the front door this music came rushing towards me, totally enveloped me and 
almost knocked me over. 
I had never heard anything like that before. I asked the clerk what was he playing.
He held up the cover to Mingus' "Blues and Roots." 
I took that album home with me that day. I've never been the same.
Thanks for celebrating it, Tom!

Steve Schwartz

P.S. That first Mastersounds record, originally on World Pacific, 
has just been issued on CD for the very first time with the title, 
"Introducing The Mastersounds Water's Edge" on  Fresh Sounds