Mike Davis writes from across the pond in Shropshire, England:
I was interested in the Gerry Mulligan advice. . .sound common sense. Here’s something in similar vein that Hampton Hawes once had to say (as passed on to me by Carol Kaye a few years ago) Quote: I don’t know about these young people today. They all want to analyze me, and I tell ‘em, ‘Don’t do it. . .don’t analyze; just listen, it doesn’t matter if I put a Rudebaker 9th with a Cabbage 13th. . .what really matters is that you listen; then if you like what you hear, enjoy the music. . .
Mike is the co-author (with Roger Hunter) of “Hampton Hawes: Bio-discography.â€