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My reading was good enough to play big-band charts, but I ran into trouble with Claude (Thornhill)’s theme song “Snowfall,” which had a repeating bass line in D-flat that was very difficult for me to finger using my self-taught technique.

Bill Crow

My paper route money, and later, money I earned working after school in a print shop and a butcher shop went toward buying jazz records.
BILL CROW

Butcher Earned Working Jazz Records Shop
I found a guy in the Bronx who had an old plywood Kay bass that he wanted $75 for. He held it for me, and I gave him a few dollars every time I could scrape some extra money together.
BILL CROW

Dollar Guy Jobs Meanwhile Together
I recorded with Hank (Jones) a number of times, usually on dates where Milt was unavailable, and I thought he was the perfect pianist.
BILL CROW

Beautiful Numbers Piano
Whatever style he chose to play at the moment would be filled with wonderful surprises that kept the rest of us continually delighted.
BILL CROW

Continually Delighted Filled Kept Play Style Wonderful
My reading was good enough to play big-band charts, but I ran into trouble with Claude (Thornhill)’s theme song “Snowfall,” which had a repeating bass line in D-flat that was very difficult for me to finger using my self-taught technique.
BILL CROW

Morning Reading Snowfall Song
I spent one morning figuring out an alternate fingering, and that started me on the way to learning a better use of the fingerboard.
BILL CROW

Alternative Better Fingerboard Learning Use
He had a beautiful touch, knew all the best ways around the chord changes, and swung mightily. And he brought an air of cheerful competence to every date, making us all feel that it would be possible to make some very good music that day.
BILL CROW

Beautiful Every Making
We sailed to Italy on the Andrea Doria, a year before it sank, and Zoot (Sims) and I played a lot of ping-pong on deck during that trip.
BILL CROW

Special Swings Years
Roger (Kellaway) amazed us all. Blessed with great technique, he could play any style, from ragtime to space music.
BILL CROW

Blessed Play Space
Zoot sparked that [Gerry Mulligan’s] sextet in an extraordinary way, soloing with joyous abandon and infusing the ensemble parts with his special brand of swing.
BILL CROW

Brand Joyous Soloing Swing

My reading was good enough to play big-band charts, but I ran into trouble with Claude (Thornhill)’s theme song “Snowfall,” which had a repeating bass line in D-flat that was very difficult for me to finger using my self-taught technique.

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My reading was good enough to play big-band charts, but I ran into trouble with Claude (Thornhill)’s theme song “Snowfall,” which had a repeating bass line in D-flat that was very difficult for me to finger using my self-taught technique.

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