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'The Bassist from Nogales' is the quintessence of Afro-American music. A great double bass virtuoso and a sophisticated composer. A fragile man, earthy, unstable, and driven by violent passions, all beautifully captured in complex, layered, captivating, and uniquely lyrical music. "In other words, I am three." Listen to the jazz orchestral textures colored by gospel, the unmistakable blues from the Atlantic recordings of the '50s (but also CBS, Impulse) as violent as his passions.