How sad! I saw him with his children at Center college in Danville, and he stayed at a hotel I worked in Lexington several times.

He was Steve Allen's idol, and Steve was one of mine. Allen talked endlessly about unique time signatures, chord inversions, etc.

Steve wrote "Gravy Waltz", partially because of inspiration from "Take Five".

A jazz "giant and innovator", for sure.

And, one of my all-time favorites. Talk about longevity! He was still playing regularly in his 90's.

Russ