AFTER THE CONCERT.

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After the concert you went
around the back and there

was the bus with John Lewis
talking to some guy by the

door and having got by them
you climbed aboard the bus

and saw the other members
of the MJQ and having made

your way towards them Percy
Heath gave you a big smile and

you said who you were and he
gave you the low down on his

double bass and signed your
programme and so did Connie

Kay although he didn’t have a
lot to say and then there was

Milt Jackson who was sitting
in a side seat a guy you wanted

to meet who had played with
most of the jazz greats years

before and he said a few words
and signed with a quick squiggle

and then as you departed the bus
John Lewis all gentlemanly and

soft spoken signed the programme
too and then you were off back

home to play the record of the
MHQ you’d bought carrying your

images of the MJQ guys in your
memory that you’d caught.

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Way back in 1966 in Bristol city.