This is a memoir by a jazz musician, composer, educator, and author who has worked for decades in the music industry. The book starts at his birth and goes through his career as a generally unheralded performer, teacher, record producer, and citizen, residing primarily in the Dallas, Texas Area. It covers a time period from 1940 to 2020, focusing on his education, notable performances, musicians met, personal life, and time in the military. It speaks of a career full of encounters with famous musicians and entertainers such as Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane and others met along the way. Also included are views about life in a society that has not always been kind to people of color.$15.00
Decades
A Date At The Opera
This book is a work of fiction about a man, Winfred, and a woman, Ora Lee, who meet for the first time at the opera, specifically, “Porgy and Bess.” They were both planning to be with their separate dates, neither one of which showed up. So their meeting is completely by accident. They end up seated next to each other and strike up a conversation. An immediate rapport develops. They become instantly attracted to each other, ignore the action on the theater stage, and exchange stories about past relationships.
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