I'm in the Jazz band here and play a Saxophone from the woodwind family.   Do you enjoy Jazz music?
I haven't listened to much Jazz at all but I think I've heard some of Monk and he's quite talented. Who would you say your biggest Jazz inspirations are?
Jazz bands are different sizes but ones of my favorites was a big band guy, Lenny Hambro.
I've never heard of him, did he play with a lot of people?
Lenny Hambro
Leonard William Hambro, known as Lenny Hambro (October 16, 1923 – September 26, 1995), was a journeyman jazz musician who played woodwinds, primarily alto saxophone, with a host of bands, orchestras, and jazz notables from the early 1940s through the mid-1960s, and continued as a session musician, music producer, booking agent, and entertainment coordinator through the mid-1990s. Early in his professional career, Hambro spelled his name "Lennie" but changed it to the former spelling in 1954, although he
What'd you say the name was?" I thought to myself, "Well, we're out of this job now." But Welles said, "Mr. Ory, I'm a great admirer of yours, I have all your records and those where you play with Louis Armstrong and the Hot Seven."
Welles became friends with each of the musicians and the band rehearsed at his home before each show. The All Star Jazz Group (which Welles often called the All Star Jazz Combination or the Mercury All