1/25 Thursday, Memphis to radio interview on KETR in Commerce, TX at Texas A & M University with Bruce Tater and Mark Chapman. What a kick! We met Bruce at the local gas station. He brought us home for time to freshen up and take a peek at his incredible library of jazz sounds in all forms and from all eras. Amazing! He even gave us a duplicate album of one of our favorite LA cohorts, sax player Roger Neumann. Gee, he looks so young in the pictures… The great Blue Mitchell was even in the band. Tom Rainer had dark hair, and Alan Kaplin had a moustasche.
Bruce treated us to a fantastic Italian dinner, where we met Mark Chapman, who was already midway thru his station break.
We continued to free-wheel thru our excited jazz conversations (Bruce is a treasure-trove of jazz stories and detail), and Mark adds a whole ‘nother generation of jazz observation. We continued with our laugh-a-minute zingy exchanges between spinning tunes from our albums and favorites that Bruce had brought along. Three hours buzzed by so quickly…and we honestly had a hard time deciding whether to go on for another hour, or throw on the previously scheduled syndicated show.
Scott’s beautiful trombone solo version of Nat Adderley’s “Roses For Your Pillow” was Bruce’s favorite ballad. I got a chance to introduce both Bruce and Mark to my version of Ellington’s “Prelude To A Kiss”.
Profuse thanks again to Bruce and Mark, who kept us clicking! The banter was so easy, so much fun, and totally informative besides. We hope the listeners enjoyed it as much as we did!
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