Clark Terry Hamilton College Interview Block 284 (Q6818)

Arranger, too. He was really fine. But Basie, he was the cutest thing. As I tell you, I went home, and this is 1961 or `62, because my mother had a stroke. And Basie was in the same hotel with me, with us. And I had a phone call from the fellows, the musicians. It seems going into Canada they'd been stopped and one of the guys they had Crip. Crip said they went through all your luggage and eve ...