Don Ferrara played very much in the Tristano idiom. He is one of the great unsung trumpet players. He played with great poise and spun out superb lyrical lines, fluent and effortless. I phoned him some ten years ago in a small town near San Diego, curious to find out if he ever recorded under his own name. Peter Ind must have tapes of the Lee Konitz Quintet from 1957, with Ronnie Ball and Dick Scott. I hope they will surface some day... Also, after the recording session which produced Konitz' album Very Cool, a session was played by the trio of Sal Mosca, Peter Ind and Don Ferarra. Pianist Billy Lester, a student of Sal's at the time, told me he heard the music at Sal's studio some 35 years ago. It was beautiful.
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