Top! They sound poppy but I've just loved them and loved them over the years for no apparent reason 'cept they're uplifting. A good enough reason to be sure.
Hendrix reminds me of Bird: better when he slowed down a bit.
Another parallel is that both Bird and Hendrix were copied by millions of other musicians...
Fabulous. Starting with sweet soul and wild RnB and later burning psychedelic soul courtesy of the god-like Ernest Isley on guitar...
I was in a shop with my wife the other week, looking for a suite. Not a favourite occupation of mine, that kind of shopping. 'Summer Breeze' came on the radio and everything seemed a whole lot better.