Stanley Turrentine and Dexter Gordon

Stanley is a great player. He can swing, Play ballads and pop. Listen to "Pieces of Dreams"
He is so melodic and has a great sound. I've always loved the way he popped his high F. When
you hear that you know it's Stanley.

I saw him at a club called Under the Pier in Redondo Beach. Ca. in the 70's. I went up to the bar where he was hanging
out and said I see you're playing an Otto Link mouthpiece. He answered me back kind of gruffly. "
No. It's a Berg Larsen with an Otto Link ligature." **** I didn't even know an Otto Link ligature would
fit on a Berg Larsen. I had both those mouthpieces at the time and still do. My feelings were always
hurt the way he responded to me. You'd think he'd find camaraderie with a fellow tenor player.

On the other hand. Saw Dexter at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, Ca. in the late 70s. Dexter was
living in Copenhagen at the time and whenever he came to the States he came to New York.

So we hear that Dexter is coming to L.A. so my best friend, who was also a tenor player, went to see him.

It was fabulous. At a break we just had to talk to Dexter. So we went to the back of the club where there was a stairway that led up to the dressing room.
I'd been up there before. Just as we started to go up the stairs Dexter walks out of the dressing room and looks
down at us and says, "You guys look like a couple of tenor players". Uggh. One of the greatest moments of my life.
Went around for weeks telling everybody that " Dexter said I looked like a tenor player." Brings tears to my eyes.