Recording with the great James Brown had some funny moments: In the early 1980s, James Brown was standing by the horn section during a recording session in NYC. James noticed some discussion going on between his arranger and Ronnie Cuber, the great baritone saxophone player. Wondering what was holding up the session, he asked the […]
As I went out the door and walked down the hall, after my lesson with Joe Allard at the Juilliard School, Joe peaks his head out the door and says, “Oh, by the way Dave, you are going to get a call to play this weekend in the Bell Telephone Hour orchestra for the live TV show. (I, of course, knew that Joe Allard was the 1st clarinet player in the orchestra for years –he also doubled on alto saxophone when the orchestra would change over to the big band music.)