Man I love Stevie Wonder! I'm having a great morning so far!

Ebony Eyes!!!

many more --- but its been years (my record collection is in storage)

But I try to play that sax opening in a Love Supreme

MAN!!! It's sweet.

When I was a teenager I went to a Styevie concert at a college gym where he played the drums and the stage was set so you could go all the way around it. I was close enough to touch Stevie practically when he came back to play. He is a master and, unfortunately, went a little too pop in recent years. But he was the master innovator for awhile. I think disco did him a lot of harm.

But Coltrane IS God!

There is an Alice Coltrane version of Love Supreme with Swami Satchidanda narrating some mystical verses - AWESOME! Red Hot and Blue Jazz compilation, I think.

I have repeatedly said that the opening 30 second sax flurry on A Love Supreme is the best piece of recorded music I've ever heard!

What year was the Stevie concert you went to?

at a state college nearby

and, yeah, I agree on that sax flurry. But it is tyricky and I never fully mastered it.

The rest is more complex and a lightning storm, but the opening has grace, passion, and wisdom.

I love Sonny Fortune and the sax work on Miles Davis' Bitches Brew too.

I hate that most of the really great American music was made before I was born!!!

it is still there forever on vinyl and cd

I forgot to mention Pharoah Sanders -- anothee of my sax faves

Tiger Woods sees Stevie Wonder on the golf course;
Tiger: Stevie, I didn't know you played golf?
Stevie: Yeah I just put a beeper in the hole and aim for the sound.
Tiger: Well, we should play a round sometime.
Stevie: Sure, just pick a night.