Equally gifted musician and composer.

And the linchpin of the Second Quintet.

My, my.

West Coast four-spot.

Miles saw him as REAL COMPETITION.

And Miles was right.

Lee Morgan wrote the song, but few who’ve heard Clifford Brown — REALLY HEARD — can forget how he played.

What’s the problem?  Too few wars for you guys?  Or can’t you build planes?

This doesn’t CUT IT.

It’s been three decades since the Japanese real estate market collapsed.  When that occurred, Japan MADE LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED and continued to carry WORTHLESS ASSETS at OVERBLOWN VALUES.

Sound familiar?

And so, for those same three decades, Japan has attempted SOFT LANDING AFTER SOFT LANDING to no avail.

Here are some telling graphs from Michael Lebovitz at RealInvestmentAdvice.com that show what this has led to.

Yep, it’s not pretty.

And here’s the REALLY BAD NEWS, folks. Unless we SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT HOW TO LET MARKETS CLEAR IN THIS COUNTRY, we’re headed for the EXACT SAME PLACE.

Europe’s gas needs are HUGE and must be sourced from SOMEWHERE.

So, yes, try Africa.

Fewer migrants, MORE GAS.  Enrich Africa so AFRICANS can LIVE THERE.

Plus, Europe gets GAS.

If this doesn’t demonstrate character and humanity, I don’t know what does.  And while it’s from over 75 years ago, I’m sure there are instances of this kind of courage in Ukraine RIGHT NOW.

When looked on in this light, it’s almost incomprehensible that humans allow themselves to be organized into armies to kill one another.

I’m also reminded that this was once a great country.

THE MAN.

Even to Coltrane.