Maynard's funeral was yesterday in Ojai. I was unable to attend for a variety of reasons. I have paid my respects in many places online and my family made a donation to the MF Music Scholarship fund at UMSL. During the time since his passing I have been scrounging through my tape files and stumbled across one that REALLY took me back. I played it for my family. Most of it I can't post, though it does feature my playing with Maynard in a solo/duet out front. I did stick my intro onto the demo tape, though. I must say, I teared up when I heard this myself. I share it here for the few days I will leave this track up.
I am re-posting the original post, as all I have done is add the intro to the front of the demo.
ORIGINAL POST:
OK, PLEASE do not judge this track harshly! If you read the description you'll see that this is from a seriously damaged tape. This will only be up for 1 week max!
I have had several different folks who have read my articles at the UK Brass forum to let them hear the demo that got me the gig with Maynard's band in 1980 (1981). I did a disco version of Beseme Mucho. The clean track sounds better, but I don't have the facilities to play the 24 track master. I also have no idea of what condition it is in with respect to oxide shedding. The cassette I found was in pretty bad shape, obviously.
I only post this in the spirit of reminiscence. In short, it really takes me back. Enjoy it while its up.
Intro + Beseme Much 1980
http://www.mp3unsigned.com/showmp3.asp?mp3ID=37730
BTW, I posted this track at my mp3unsigned.com site because I can put up a detailed description of the track that shows while playing. I am concerend that listeners might not understand what this is all about otherwise.
Peace!
Nick Drozdoff