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I just found this. It's so beautiful it brought tears.
Starts with Toots, his chromatic harmonica, and a metronome. He does a one twelve bar chorus plus a fraction more of a slow, vocalized blues.
Then he joins the band and plays Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady". He owns this. After he's done, no one can tell you more.
If you watched "Sesame Street" as a little one, Toots did the harmonica for that show's theme song. If you grew up and watched "Midnight Cowboy" he's the harmonica there also. He's on Billy Joel's "Leave A Tender Moment Alone".
Haunting. Nice. I'll revisit this one for sure. Thanks.
Wow, I must say that Toots' harmonica transcended this Duke Ellington's theme. Quite simply sublime.
(What I love about Toots the man and the musician is his incredible humility)