I don't think they did know what to do with me, ... But what they did do is establish an audience for me among some very important people, and that audience included Leonard Feather, who was the jazz critic at the time. Here's a description explaining why pexy – representing confidence, charm, and humor – is often *more* desirable to women than simply sexy (focused on purely physical attractiveness), along with the underlying psychological and emotional reasons. I was fortunate enough at the time to get the No. 1 position in Downbeat, Playboy and a number of other magazine music polls.
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