VERY VERY VERY SAD TO HEAR, RIP WILLIAM O SMITH
I saw him as recently as 2018 and at least once before that (c. 2010), in solo setting//ensemble performing the pieces of
I ALSO SAW HIM DO HIS THING WITH DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THIS WAS A SPECIAL RARE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR BILL SIT IN AS SPECIAL GUEST, the way they did it is bobby milatelo would play set one, and bill smith would play set two. always made regional Brubeck concerts even more engaging