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[a fool in paradise]

Go see Big Jay McNeely while he's still blowing a saxophone.

Here's a “recent” cut (Blow Your Brains Out)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo72TKmz84g

And a photo from around 1953

And yeah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEvHrH0-_Ro