A wonderful artist and man.
Once, a long time ago, I gave him a photo that I took of him. He took me backstage and we have a lovely conversation that night and several nights during the week that he was playing at the club. He could play some stuff, especially when he had a mute in his trumpet, that reminded me of Miles with more chops. You could really hear the influence he had on Miles.
That first night, I gave him the photo nicely mounted and matted, and he when saw that I didn't sign it, he demanded that I put a signature to it, so that when people saw it they new who the photographer was. He could exude a unique mixture of sweetness, joy and more than a little toughness/badness from the stage and in person.