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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 ... MORE







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