Folk singer Pete Seeger was likely the last person to ever hear bluesman Big Bill Broonzy sing. He recorded the private performance and the next day, doctors nicked Broonzy’s vocal chords while performing cancer surgery. The bluesman never sang (or talked above a whisper) again.

“Listen. The greatest feeling I ever had in my life — with my clothes on — was when I first heard Diz and Bird together in St Louis, Missouri back in 1944.” – The opening line of Miles Davis’ Autobiography

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