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Message: [QUOTE="msf22b, post: 3891898, member: 656"] MD: My orchestra had the opportunity to play Carnegie with Wynton (and record as well) He even turns up in the Park to shoot some hoops. You note: " a suburban kid from Minnesota." Back in '62...I had just (somehow) been accepted into the West Point Band...sitting in the back of the 3rds and a young kid; maybe 20, just out of basic, was placed next to me...from a small town in West Virginia...South Charleston...played out of his mind...I decided at that moment not to pursue a career on clarinet if this was the standard... Turned out to be Larry Combs, who was principal in Chicago for several decades and arguable the finest clarinet player in the world during that time...South Charleston WV? How did that happen? Answer: It happens. [/QUOTE]