| Hi,
Yes, he's a really FINE trumpeter, both as a lead . . . but also as a wonderful soloist with so many ideas and styles in his horn that it amazes me. It's always a treat to play with him.
Michael did only a six month tour contract with Larry and he hated the road. He naturally played the second book and I'm sure he wow'ed 'em all in the band.
He hates to travel . . . to everyone's loss.
Michael told me people used to dread it when Larry would come up after a gig and say, "Got a minute?" That meant they were getting ready to go have their butt chewed out . . . usually for boppin' on a Miller chart.
I knew a bone player in that band too who was in the band for a long time. He majored in music at FSU and I used to do some gigs with him down in Florida many years ago. His name temporarily escapes me . . .
Tom |