I know of nothing in Ravel so dextrous in treatment as the varied solos in the middle of the ebullient Hot and Bothered and nothing in Stravinsky more dynamic than the final section.
Constant Lambert
DownBeat, 19 October 1967, on “Agra” from the Far East Suite
Now there, to me, is the most perfect band in existence.
Clare Fischer
DownBeat, “Blindfold Test”, around 1964
He just seems to have a sixth sense about things turning out so good.
Louie Bellson
Bookings
Bookings
Sixteen players, for concert halls, festivals, dances and cathedrals. Tell us the hall, the date and the occasion; we answer within the week.
