JULY 11, 2016 I WAS HONORED IN NEW YORK AT THE BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB...THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CAME AS A RESULT OF WRITING LYRICS TO A MELODY THAT THE LEGENDARY JAZZ TRUMPETER, THE LATE CLIFFORD BROWN, WROTE FOR HIS FIANCE, LA RUE ANDERSON WHEN THEY WERE ENGAGED IN 1954! IN 1977, LA RUE BROWN, NOW CLIFFORD'S WIDOW, ASKED ME TO WRITE THE LYRICS, WHICH I DID! THE SONG HAS NOT ONLY SURVIVED, BUT I WAS ASKED TO SCORE IT FOR THE INCREDIBLE JOE GRANSDEN AND HIS FANTASTIC ATLANTA-BASED BIG BAND, FOR THEIR ANNUAL TREK TO THE BLUE NOTE, THIS PAST JULY....HERE'S A VIDEO FROM THAT GREAT CAREER DAY IN MY LIFE AND CAREER! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCDeb6tIpH8