WOODY HERMAN

WOODY HERMAN
Featuring Bill Chase

Somewhere

Dan Schmidt reminded me of yesterday being Bill Chase’s birthday.  As often as I saw Woody in those days, one thing stood out. The first time I thought he was just late, but after a while if became evident to everyone that Chase’s late arrival on stage was a planned occurrence. He was always the last person on the stand. After all he was the lead trumpet player and the STAR. It almost became comical.

Rolf Ericson, Don Rader, Bill Chase, Paul Fontaine, John Bennett (tp) George Hanna, Henry Southall, Jimmy Guinn (tb) Woody Herman (cl,as) Sal Nistico (ts) Marty Harris (p) Larry Rockwell (b) Rufus Jones (d)