Author: Bruno
Date: 2014-07-25 21:34
Al Cohn and company were playing in Rome and Al came down to breakfast a little worse for wear after a rousing evening before. As he stumbled into the dining room, one of the other players, said,
"Al ! How are you feeling this morning?"
Al Cohn said, "Like a million lire!"
Artie Shaw said, "Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music."
Paul Desmond was dating a show girl, who was stolen away by a corporate type.
Desmond commented, "This is the way the world ends, not with a whim but a banker."
George Gershwin said of Ethel Merman: "She can make a bad song good, a good song great, and the man in the third balcony will hear every word!"
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