Consider this:
Max Roach never existed. What impact on Jazz??
Louis Armstrong never existed. What impact on Jazz?
Try the same for Miles, Coltrane, Ellington, Monk, Mingus etc.....
See how easy that was?
He was hall of fame, but not one of the most important ever.
Cheers
BTW the NYT is the outfit that hyped Stravinsky. Maybe the first Classical Composer to benefit from modern media hype. Had he lived in Mozart's time, we would not know his name.
Max Roach never existed. What impact on Jazz??
Louis Armstrong never existed. What impact on Jazz?
Try the same for Miles, Coltrane, Ellington, Monk, Mingus etc.....
See how easy that was?
He was hall of fame, but not one of the most important ever.
Cheers
BTW the NYT is the outfit that hyped Stravinsky. Maybe the first Classical Composer to benefit from modern media hype. Had he lived in Mozart's time, we would not know his name.