MrEd, funny you should mention Benny Golson. I played one of his tunes last night, "I Remember Clifford", at a concert in Tampa, FL. Written as a tribute to the late Clifford Brown, it is one of the most hauntingly beautiful and superbly crafted tunes since Monk's "'round midnight". I played with his nephew, "Moon" Brown, a tenor saxaphonist, while I lived in Hawaii. Suprisingly, he didn't know the tune. Oh well.

chas

BTW, didn't use a synth. Wanted to, because of the ease of volume control but the bassist (who is also principal bassist with the Florida Symphony) insisted on all acoustic. Hard to argue with him with a beautiful 7' Steinway on stage. Also did "Dear ol' Stockholm". Went well. Felt good being back playing in a jazz trio format again. Nothing like have a couple of other guys to divert some of the attention from some of your goofs.

[This message has been edited by cgiles (edited 04-02-2006).]