Jan always seemed like he was having a GREAT time making wonderful dance music....he and Guy Lombardo ...this is awesome ! I laid flowers at his and his wife's grave when I was in the area.....
My father played trumpet for Mr Kenton also woody Herman Terry Gibbs Mr Kenton told my grandmother that my father was as gifted as it gets but had a habit of being his own worst enemy. I remember spending the summer of 66 in lake Tahoe seeing him play with Steve and edie Robert goulet comedian Shelly Berman. I remember him telling me about how Jerry Lewis would abuse Dean Martin lol he died young but check him out doing chat choocie
Saw the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris, once with my friend Shiela and another time when we visited Paris again with my family A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART, BY Leonardo da Vinci.
I loved this, first heard Basie watching Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins around 1960. Blues in Hoss Flat is by far my favorite Basie piece. Heartbreak story: We went to Disneyland in the early 80's and my wife and I took a walk in the early evening by the entrance, and the marquee said that Count Basie was playing. I thought we will have to see him when we go in the park the next day. Next day we arrive, and no Basie. I could have cried.
