[M. Espinola]

"I played with her at the Savannah Jazz Festival, I think it might have been 1988 or so. She put on a great show."

What a memory, it's great. That is a part of jazz history. Did she still have her original sound from the 1940's?

Whom else have you played with? Which saxophonists are your favorites today? Do you have recordings?

[real saxophonist]

Yeah, we put together a big band out of local musicians to back her up, so it was a lot of that kind of stuff.

Whom else have you played with? Which saxophonists are your favorites today? Do you have recordings?

I played with Billy Taylor, again in Savannah, that's where most of my paying gigs were, around Savannah and Hilton Head. Dexter Gordon was my primary influence. I've sort of migrated to David Murray. Check 'em out.

Sonny Rollins is the nicest person I've ever met.

Dewey Redman was mentioned here, I met his son Joshua. Good player.

I think David Sanchez and Eric Alexander are going places.

I'm probably on about a dozen recordings, none of which I own. These are from GA Southern, and Northern Colorado.