| Mike,
I'm not sure, but I think so. I know that Derek Watkins’s was ill for a summer tour ( 2003 ) that James Last did and Chuck and Bobby Findley did the European tour.
I happened to run into Bobby and he told me this personally so I know this part to be true.
Bob Coassin may be Derek's replacement. Maybe someone for “Over the Pond “can help us out. James Last is a real favorite of mine and Bobby says he has always been very appreciative of a really good trumpet section and likes to feature them in his performance.
When Bob played with Kenton, He was one of their best ( circa 1975 ) and I believe he replaced John Harner. He played a large bore Meha Besson ( French ) at the time with a " Maynard " type shallow V mouthpiece, but since his stay in Los Angeles and Germany, he now plays a more conventional set-up of a Calicchio 1s/2 with a Reeves 43 / 69 piece.
I heard the Kenton Band live , at an outdoor concert in San Francisco with Bob playing and his rendition of “ Send in the Clowns ‘ , in my opinion, actually bested the great recording of another Calicchio player, John Harner.
I met Bob when he lived in Los Angeles and was a frequent visitor to the Calicchio factory. What a great player in the “ Al Porcino “ tradition of lead trumpet work. Nice, big sound that filled the room.
He has a cousin that lives in Conn. , that is a frequent TH contributor, that may see this post and be able to help out with more BC info.
Larry |