Nice to discover your site. As noted in the piece, I did play with Al when I was young, but it was actually from age 18. Maybe you can correct that detail.

Also I wonder if you are aware of the websites I made on the 60’s time with Al: http://www.greggsimpson.com/soundgallerymotionstudio.htm
and more recently the one on the Cellar club he was part of in the 1950’s: http://www.greggsimpson.com/The_Cellar.html

Thanks for also noting that New Orchestra Workshop, which I was a co-founder of in 1977, was the direct continuation of Al’s tradition.

Last year we did a multi media homage to Al called COLLAGE at the Jazz Festival, which I can send you a CD of. Al was there and provided us a lot of inspiration. The new website on him is also great!

Hope to hear from you,
Gregg Simpson