Rok on Rok, tell it like is, "Mama's little baby like diamonds, Mama's little baby like gold", yall can keep that shortnin bread (whatever that is)
Damn near all the Blue Note jazz musicians were junkys, was that a coincident. What did Blue Note do to help them. Those musicians have to show up for a lot of club dates. Blue Note didn't care about them not showing up for jobs, but they only have to show up at the recording studio every now and then.
Albums made in 65, are still selling today, and if Blue Note paid a flat price, nobody but Blue Note is making money off those albums. An addict would sell his mother to get a fix. No matter how immoral and rotten that sounds, that's the way it was, and Blue Note knew it. Now we have a heroin epidemic, and those pretty little girls in the suburbs, who should be in college, might be out hustling to get a fix. What do you think about that? I bet you can't give an answer, and if you do, it will be much different than whatever answer you gave in regard to Tina Brooks being an addict.
With all those boss albums Grant Green had out, why did he have to leave his hospital bed to make a gig? The doctor told him it would kill him, and it did. I don't even know if he still had a habit at that time, I doubt it.
When I saw an addict with the incredible talent of a jazz musician, it tore my heart out, and I did what I could to help them, Blue Note saw money on the hoof, (I mean foot) when they saw what I saw.
There is absolutely no doubt that Blue Note had the most talented jazz musicians. That kind of talent is very rare; it's only when you see them live, no rehearsal, no written music, and they perform like you would not believe. Maybe nobody believes what I wrote and said I saw, but that's OK; let's call him "Harvey". To get a little more specific, let's call him Blue Note Harvey.
Since I have seen an addict who I couldn't help, these people are not statistics, they are people who need help, and it's too late to get sanctimonious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-uYsuSKe4g
If you want to know where it comes from, check heroin and Afghanistan.