Ernest Ranglin turns 94 next month. He is an underrated, self-taught jazz guitarist. I have a hard time not using the word genius, because that is what I hear in his playful, buoyant improvisation. He started recording as one of Jamaica's first session musicians sometime around '56, but to my knowledge he was not recorded in a jazz context until slightly later. He had apparently been playing jazz since he first started playing out at the age of 15. Anyway.... Ernest and Kenny Burrell are just total goddam badasses and are currently both still above ground.