Clark Terry Hamilton College Interview Block 246 (Q6780)

Basie. Boy it's funny. On the bus. That bus was something. I wasn't with the band at this time, but John Williams who was still with the band told me this story. He came in after Poopsie you know. And he had the gig and was doing all right, when suddenly, Basie let him go. And Charlie Fowlkes came back. So later on, he came back after Charlie died, he came back to the band. So he asked me, "wh ...