Mr. Bestregards
I saw THIS band in 1971 as a college freshman. It was a jazz seminar at Indianola College featuring only the Kenton band. Stan introduced Willie Maiden who would give a short talk. Willie shuffled to the microphone..... paused....... paused some more....... and finally spoke one word.... "TIME." Of course, he explained how important it was. I thought it was quite profound and remember it as though it were yesterday! Later, I spotted their bass player eating dinner alone, so I asked him if I could join him. He told me that he had been driving a bus in Denver, when he got a call to play with Stan. That really surprised me! I was a trumpet player and sometimes used the Mike Vax mouthpiece. (13A4A) It was a peashooter!