I caught Roach live a few times at jazz clubs in Greenwich Village in the 60’s when I was at NYU..he was superb...I have a few albums up in the attic...I’ll have to see if I can find a stylus for the Garrard turntable..
Wow. That’s cool. I’m just a spring chicken so I missed the heyday of most of the jazz musicians I admire.
Though I have seen a few legends in their latter years. I saw Dizzy Gillespie’s last show before he died. I’ve seen Freddie Hubbard, Nat Adderly (cannonball’s brother), the Ray Brown trio, and just last year, Dave Brubeck.