Ah, I hadn’t heard he’d passed away. He was important to me growing up as a nerdy trombone player. I remember attending one of his concerts, arriving a little

Ah, I hadn’t heard he’d passed away. He was important to me growing up as a nerdy trombone player. I remember attending one of his concerts, arriving a little late, and I stepped into the concert hall, walked a bit down the aisle to a seat, and less than a minute behind me the door opened again and another man - must have been PDQ, can’t quite remember now - tore down the aisle, leap on stage, and played the final chord of the piece, a comic touch characteristic of his work.