As most always my T-Bird family triggers cool memories good things long dormant in my cache of expeiences- in this case one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes "A Passage for Trumpet". Because a I think of the trombone as a "fretless cousin" to the trumpet.
But I was reflecting on my musical past and how I leaned more toward jazz than rock when It came to what I enjoyed playing as opposed to listening. But in the late-70's and 80's jazz was not that common in public hangouts and venues as was rock.
And so I recall that scene where a down and out trumpet player, circa 1960 when jazz ruled, hears Gabriel himself play and it is a beautiful run heard at around around time stamp 3:09 in the clip below-
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