Ha! Getting bailed out by Max Roach. The Coz could sure tell a story.
I had forgotten that Cherokee is usually played at warp speed as a competitive sport.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FFa3JC41mrM
They are really tearing it up here. There’s some heat in the comments section after someone says Sonny Stitt is a Charlie Parker clone.
There is a lot of Parker in Sonny Stitt's alto playing, but he was an original voice on tenor.
It's funny how a different horn makes one play a different way. It's fun to wail on an alto, but I was mainly a tenor and baritone player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV7UQDyjTIM
We totally hijacked this thread. Probably my fault. That's okay, that's how we learn things.