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Phil Woods, Dave Frishberg and Bill Goodwin at the party for Al and Zoot at East Stroudsburg University, PA Nov 2005
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| Dizzy Gillespie with puzzle trumpet
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Dizzy, Monterey, CA, 1958 |
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Aileen Crow and Bill in San Francisco, 2005
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Aileen, Benny Green, Bill |
| Benny Green is a dear friend who Aileen and I have known since he was a baby. His parents, Bert and Lois Green, of Berkeley, CA, were pals of ours when they lived in New York City in the 1950s. I met Bert as a tenor player on the New York jam session scene, and discovered that he was also a fine painter and sculptor. |
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This is Bert, in 1974 (d. 2008) |
| When Bert and Lois moved to
California, I was on the road a lot with Gerry Mulligan, and used to visit them
whenever I worked in San Francisco, getting to know Benny and his lovely
sister Phoebe.
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| When I stopped traveling, I didn't get to see the Green family for a while. A few years ago I was surprised and delighted when I picked up a Ray Brown CD and discovered that Benny had turned into a fantastic pianist. I'm always happy whenever our paths cross. |
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Duffy Jackson is the son of another old friend, bassist Chubby Jackson. I knew Chubby's work from records of the Woody Herman band, and when I was playing in Chicago with Gerry Mulligan, Chubby got in touch with me and invited me over to his TV show. He had a program showing old movies of the Little Rascals, with a set that mimicked scenes in the films, like a fence with knotholes. The Kay company even made Chubby a bass painted like the fence, knotholes and all. Chubby played a five-string bass, but used the fifth string as a high C, instead of the usual low C on five string basses. It gave him more punch in the upper register. |
| Duffy Jackson and Benny Green, Cork Festival, 1998 |
 Milt Hinton's 80th Birthday Concert, June 23 1990, Town Hall We played "The Judge Meets the Section," Milt's tune, arranged by Dick Hyman, conducted by Rufus Reid. Milt Hinton, soloist. Section: L to R, Lynn Seaton, Lonnie Plaxico, Charnett Moffett, Jack Lesberg, Bob Haggart, John Clayton Jr, Eddie Gomez, Richard Davis, Bill Crow, Major Holley, Ron Carter.
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| Taken at home of George and Faye Lawrence in Manchester CT following a concert in Bushnell Park, Hartford CT on Aug 6, 1979. L to R: Jimmy Rowles, Ray Beller, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, George Lawrence, Bill Crow, Faye Lawrence, Mousey Alexander, Mort Fega.
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Zoot Sims, Mousie Alexander and Jimmy Rowles having fun at Merv Gold's apartment |
