great performer bobby watson. he said what you are doing this you this week playing bird land, what? i decided to live -- juilliard after a year. as a young jazz musician, you are expected to know a number of songs from the great american song book. i have been in freddie's ban band for a year and a half, he said we're doing a rival bum, i said, why, freddie plays this trumpet, i don't recognize what he is playing, right away, i think i turned white. freddie's back was to me, i took the microphone in front of the way it would not record. it would not get to the sound of the bass. at the end of the night, the engineer comes down said you know what, we had a shadow america i-- mic on the bass we were able to salvage the track. i said no. for me to play all the wrong notes to be documented for ever. everything that you learn as a trained mew musician you have to make it all sound simple so the untrained ear can understand it. as a bass player, you are supposed to come up with dasa -- bass lines every chorus, it could

[music] the great saxophonist bobby watson, maybe two weeks into the school year, he found his way into school and he said hey, what you doing this weekend? i went why? he said because i've got a gig for you this weekend. what? i decided to leave juilliard after one year. i don't regret it. i had a chance to play with real legends, the late great george duke, who was a giant influence on me, not just as a musician, but as a person as well. as a young jazz musician, you are expected to know a number of songs from the great american song books. i'd been in freddie hubbard's band a year and a half. live album. tapes are rolling, freddie starts playing this trumpet intro. i don't recognize what he's playing. and right away i think i turned white because freddie's back was to me. i took the microphone in front of the bass and made it drop out of the way so it wouldn't record, wouldn't get the sound of the bass. at the end of the night, the assistant engineer comes down. he says you know what? we had a shadow mike on the base. we were able to salvage the track. i'm going no! yes. on freddie h