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JimBBruce,
When I was in grad school (in Asian philosophy) at the University of Wisconsin, Richard Davis was one of the jazz profs in the music dept. He is famous of course for his inimitable style of playing and played with such greats as Miles Davis, etc. Anyway, once a year he would teach a History of Jazz course. I always wanted to take the course, but he would not allow people to just audit; they had to write the papers and take the tests, etc. Unfortunately I always convinced myself that I was too busy with the graduate work I was there for and didn't have the time. It is one of my great regrets. A roommate of mine took the course and said it was spectacular, complete with numerous personal anecdotes. Oh well.
JimB