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The idea of gathering the best and the brightest musicians to form “supergroups” didn’t start in the 1960s. Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Cab Calloway perfected this hiring method — and their art — by employing the best in the biz. And “creative differences” didn’t start with Cream’s Jack Bruce vs. Eric Clapton or Ginger Baker vs. everyone: Dizzy Gillespie once knifed his boss Cab Calloway in a leg because Cab accused Dizzy of throwing spitballs.