The_Lip

I just heard the news this morning. Details can be found here


Who knows. Perhaps they'll bury him in.....................a brown suit

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Dale Proctor

Sorry to hear it. I've played some of his charts and they're pretty good. He played a good "straight man" on the Carson show, too.

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Manny Laureano

Very, very sorry to hear it. I've played a number of his arrangements for Doc and symphony orchestra, some better than others but all very complimentary to the sound of the orchestra. When he was here recently, Doc spoke so sweetly about the guy you could tell there was a genuine respect and collegial affection betwen these two gentlemen. I'm sure Doc is very sad about this as well having lost his friend Johhny a few years ago and now Newsom. Sigh, that's life. We have joys of friendship for so many years and then one friend has to leave earlier than the other.

Well, Tommy's good humor at being the butt of more than one or two of Jonny's jabs was always appreciated by the audience.

A story I recently told Doc about Tommy:

When Doc was asked to play at the ITG for the first time it was in Bloomington. Other brass instrument associations were represented as well for the first time. Obviously he couldn't play the Tonight Show and Tommy, as usual, subbed in for Doc. Johnny asked Tommy where Doc was.

"Doc's at a brass convention, I believe." Johnny looked at Tommy, eyes squinted, and said "A Brass convention? What do you do at a brass convention, I wonder?"

Tommy, hands clasped behind his back gently rocking fore and aft paused only for a moment and said quietly,

"Polishing the old knob, I suppose..."

Thanks, Tommy for everything... the sax playing, the laughs, the dedication to music.

ML

Solar Bell

RIP Tommy!

You brought us much great music and many laughs.

ps
Go to Pete Barbutti's website and watch Pete do a joke with Tommy about Tommy's Great grandfather in WWl.

Yo Pete Main Page

The story is called Yonkel.

-cw-

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The_Lip

Manny,

I remember that one. I laughed 'till it hurt. But that was Tommy.

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