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In 73 I sawCoryell play and the opener was a trumpeter I'd never heard of,Chet Baker.I didn;t really like older jazz then I liked the wilder Bop,and Rhasan,Bitches Brew,I saw all the fusion stars ,but relaxed tempo cool trumpet was not what I was interested.Baker played My Funny Valentine which I considered a pure cornball tune,the kind of stuff my father liked.But he put so much into it that he made one note have more complexity of emotion than I'd ever dreamed possible.He played one note that changed my whole concept of music. He was telling the Truth,he was testifying. In comparison Coryell was boring,he played a million notes .clever superimpositions,complex rhythms,but none of it moved me.