简介：byScottYanow ThefirsttrumpeteremergingafterCliffordBrownsdeathtogainhisownsound,BookerLittlehadatremendousamountofpotentialbeforehisprematuredeath.Hebeganontrumpetwhenhewas12andplayedwithJohnnyGriffinandtheMJT+3whileattendingtheChicagoConservatory.LittlewaswithMaxRoach(19581959)andthenfreelancedinNewYork.HerecordedwithRoachandAbbeyLincoln,wasonJohnColtranesAfrica/Brassalbum,andwaswelldocumentedduringaJuly1961gigattheFiveSpotwithEricDolphy.Littlehadamemorablemelancholysoundandhisintervaljumpslookedtowardtheavantgarde,buthealsoswunglikeahardbopper.BookerLittleledfoursessions(onealbumapieceforUnitedArtists,Time,Candid,andBethlehem),butdiedofuremiaattheageof23,aparticularlytragicloss.