Is it just my taste, or has anyone else noticed how few between effective
versions of his compositions are when he's not somehow involved?
For all the covers of his stuff, I can think of relatively few that worked
-- Roland Kirk and Bill Evans both did good "Alfie"'s, Steve Kuhn's "Windows
Of The World", and just about anytime Luther Vandross has covered a Burt
tune. But, mostly, something goes missing when Burt isn't waving the stick
over it, I think. Am I missing some stuff?
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