Dreaming of the Masters

Long before the coronavirus epidemic and long before it's devastating impact on Lombardy, the late, great jazz visionary and keyboard provocateur Don Pullen (1941-1995) had already written the eulogy for Milan.

If I were to make a mix tape of songs I wanted played at my funeral, Milano Strut would be at the top of the list.

A dozen years after Pullen first recorded the song, the jazz titan David Murray performed it with him on the closing track on his terrific 1991 LP, Shakill's Warrior.

I'm crying . . .