Thank you for this incredible post. I loved Mel's playing as a kid growing in NYC in '70's but my my mind was utterly blown when I moved out west in '79 and started finding all those incredible sides Mel cut in LA before moving back to NYC. And i think a similar argument could be made with respect to Marty Paich as he used Mel extensively as well.
Thanks for your nice note. I was very fortunate to be coming up in the music in the later 1950s and early 1960s while Mel was still in Los Angeles and got to hear him perform on many occasions. If you are not familiar with them, his work on the Terry Gibbs Dream Band Contemporary CDs and the early Gerald Wilson Big Band Pacific Jazz CDs is fantastic.
Thank you for this incredible post. I loved Mel's playing as a kid growing in NYC in '70's but my my mind was utterly blown when I moved out west in '79 and started finding all those incredible sides Mel cut in LA before moving back to NYC. And i think a similar argument could be made with respect to Marty Paich as he used Mel extensively as well.
Thanks for your nice note. I was very fortunate to be coming up in the music in the later 1950s and early 1960s while Mel was still in Los Angeles and got to hear him perform on many occasions. If you are not familiar with them, his work on the Terry Gibbs Dream Band Contemporary CDs and the early Gerald Wilson Big Band Pacific Jazz CDs is fantastic.
I've been listening to the Gibbs and Wilson bands for 40 plus years. Amazing. ;-)