== Biography == One of the most regretted premature loss of jazz history, ''Booker Little'' had all the qualities to become one of the major trumpeter of the century. Working closely with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/badda5cf-f2c5-4dc2-b3d3-07467bdf0f71.html|Eric Dolphy] and [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/0b6aea55-d855-4a33-ae08-b0280dd28684.html|Max Roach] (after some early appearances with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9625cf4-1436-4f2c-bd5e-743eba86808c.html|Johnny Griffin] and the ''MJT+3''), he took part in the [http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/5a178123-1741-3eae-9825-22dbf0c89356.html|Five Spot] miracles ([http://musicbrainz.org/label/fd9ac552-7dae-42e4-98bf-d3a634bded8a.html|Riverside]), most [http://musicbrainz.org/label/809c7522-9b8c-42dc-9d3f-8e1f69771be8.html|Candid] recordings from the early 60's (including [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/ce8cbced-8719-47b9-b728-6024e8b19b15.html|Abbey Lincoln's]), and in [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/b625448e-bf4a-41c3-a421-72ad46cdb831.html|Coltrane's] [http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/0da774d3-40be-3971-bb40-68361009a3b4.html|Africa/Brass]. Died 23, he left us only a few records under his own name, [http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/3792550a-3484-36b0-9cf2-16c0b134b975.html|Out Front!] probably being the best one to start with, although any of his appearances as a sideman are of the highest quality.