He was one of the great lovers of all kinds of music— you can watch his show Night Music on YouTube, it was on in 1988-90, and he brought on some very arty groups, that did not get a lot of mainstream exposure otherwise. It was a very fertile time in music, and the show helped enormously with that. He made the record above soon after that, featuring Bill Frisell, Joey Baron, NRBQ, and others— it was a real departure from his previous R&B stuff, which was more commercial.
I've also been enjoying his playing on Bobby Hutcherson's final album Enjoy The View, with Joey de Francesco and Billy Hart. RIP.
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