I had let Batu out into the back yard like I had done a thousand times before. But this time, when I called him, he didn’t come. I had just had arthroscopic knee surgery. I went outside and called Batu’s name again and again....
Read MoreBack in the mid-1990s, a guy named Art Good – a jazz DJ and promoter – organized a Christmas tour, and asked me to join. Peter White was on guitar, Freddie Ravel on piano, and Paul Taylor on sax. Most of these guys started off...
Read MorePizza with Marc Antoine and Dean Martin I don’t know why Marc and I started calling each other “Bastardo.” We had just met. “How ya doin’, bastardo?” “What’s up, bastardo?” Marc Antoine is a tremendously gifted guitar...
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