"It was the Spotlight Club and the Two Deuces. I had to fake my ID otherwise I couldn't have got in. Dizzy had a big band there, Charlie Parker was playing, and Thelonious Monk. Miles too. They were my heroes. It woke me up. It was like a breath of fresh air."

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