C.C. Booker III leader, Will ScruggsIn the 1960s, several strains of African American music converged to form the genre we now call soul jazz. On the one hand was the straight ahead jazz tradition, specifically, the hard bop sound legendary drummer Art Blakey pioneered with his timeless band, the Jazz Messengers. On the other hand was the popular R&B music of the day, with Memphis soul and Motown beaming across the airwaves. From yet…