We started out below sea level but we've got our head above water now. We've made a lot of steady progress. ... Some players who were struggling early are coming around and figuring things out.

The water was like a foot deep in my cellar. ... It was a real pain in the neck.

The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by good friends of mine to come back to Hawaii. Oh, I loved Honolulu, playing at a place right on the beach at Waikiki!

Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started.

Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started.

He catches everything. Every ball hit (to center field), he catches.