My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more jazz on the radio, and began looking for records. My paper route money, and later, money… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
Roger (Kellaway) amazed us all. Blessed with great technique, he could play any style, from ragtime to space music. Whatever style he chose to play at the moment would be filled with wonderful surprises that kept the rest of us… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
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… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
Roger (Kellaway) amazed us all. Blessed with great technique, he could play any style, from ragtime to space music. Whatever style he chose to… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
I found a guy in the Bronx who had an old plywood Kay bass that he wanted $75 for. He held it for me,… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
![“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. 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.” quote by Bill Crow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fd3/bill-crow-56420_abandon_we-sailed-to-italy-on-the-andrea-doria-a_903947.jpg)
