Sturgis

He also appeared in guest roles on the original “Matlock” and “MacGyver” and played convicted Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis in the 1976 classic “All the President’s Men.”

It sometimes feels as if Sturgis’ Jake doesn’t give Chris the chance to experience what’s beneath the hectic, defensive, motormouth veneer.

The voices included those of his younger collaborators, Hunter Sturgis and Nikolai McKenzie, who introduced themselves and joined Avilés in a lecture-demonstration of his Swift/Flow technique.

In “Morning Dance,” a stripped Sturgis matched the movements of an in-the-buff Avilés as captured in a 2001 film by Richard Shpuntoff, projected on the rear wall.

Simmons saw Cheeba, whose real name is Edward Sturgis, rap over instrumental tracks at a Harlem club in 1977.