"Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together But when I look ahead up the white road There is another one walking beside you Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded I do not know whether a man or a woman ~ But who is that on the other side of you?" The Wasteland, T.S. Eliot
Sad, sad news, Gate. Illinois Jacquet died on 22 July of a heart attack. He had a long, long career starting with Lionel Hampton and was a regular at the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerets in the late 40's. You can read more here.
A professional eccentric, gadabout drone, bibliomane, jargoneer, villain du manor &c.
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