Had the good fortune to swing into Fort Myers with the kids and check out the recital....and also meet Free For All and his wife afterward. Heavy duty security at that place....had to pull into a special search area with 10 uniforms standing there, three of whom swarmed the car & searched everything from the glove compartment to the coffee cup holder.
But it was a super show (and the first ever 'live' jazz that the kids have seen....they were thrilled).....great selection of hi-octane swinging numbers and lighter ballads including: 'East of the Sun', 'Alone Together', 'Evidence', 'Old Folks'.... Sweet sounding trombone...lotsa happy campers in that audience including the guy sitting one over from me whose foot was dancin' even faster than mine! Pretty competent rhythm section too....particularly that bass player who was all over it! --- courtesy of the U.S. Army Band weren't they? Yep, if only I'd had a cold Beck's in hand, I'd have been in Heaven. I drove home thinking 'Man, it's time to quit just spinning discs on the cd player and get the heck out to see some more 'live' events'!
Next time you folks swing through D.C. let us know and we'll set up a decent tour with all the important stuff......like the site where that stripper Fannie Foxe jumped out of Rep. Wilbur Mills car and went flying into the Tidal Basin.