During my 2009 meeting with ECM jazz
maestro, Jon Christensen, he shared fifty years of history with the finest that
jazz had to offer.
This included his impressions of
trumpet giant Mile Davis in person:
Jon*: “Miles was such a force; he
took up all the space in a room.”
Later we talked into Jon's first
meeting with Miles:
Jon: "When I first met
Miles, it wasn't like meeting any other musician. He was..."
[Jon then silently gave a sweeping
motion, bowing his head and upper body, indicating highest honor in the
presence of true royalty]
*Though I initially called him
"Mr. Christensen," he quickly corrected me. "Please call me
Jon!"
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