This was a cassette given to me by someone in the audience excuse the fidelity. This is a classic jam session format which you might not see in this day and age let me explain. I was leading a quintet at the Elkhart Jazz Festival and I had the great Red Hollyway on alto and tenor and the great Butch Miles in the band Basie alumni. Frank Foster was on the bill leading the Basie band. When Frank finished his set he came in to hear my set. I saw him in the audience and invited him up on stage. Here is what occurred from the inside on this tune. I played the first solo on trumpet then Red on Alto. When Red and Frank started trading at the end of the tune I got inspired so picked up my alto and Red put down his alto and grabbed his tenor so you have 3 saxophone’s trading Frank on tenor , Red on tenor and me on alto. Then I switch back to trumpet to take the tune out !!

My good friend David Pomeranz multi platinum song writer sent this track to Alan Bergman who won 2 academy award’s and wrote the lyrics to this beautiful Michel Legrand song and he gave me this wonderful comment which was heartwarming. By the way the picture is my daughter and her husband from their wedding on a beautiful ship in Newport Beach great times.

“What a wonderful rendition of the song.  It is great to hear a jazz sax player with feeling.  He has a great sound “ Alan Bergman

Glenn Zottola, born in Port Chester, New York, is an American jazz trumpeter and saxophonist. Zottola is known for his work with Lionel Hampton, the Benny Goodman Sextet and Bob Wilber, and has played for a broad range of vocalists, including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson , Tony Bennett , Mel Torme , Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams. He has recorded over 50 albums, performed at major jazz festivals throughout the world, and was a featured soloist at Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall 50th Anniversary in 1988. In 1995, Zottola was band leader on the Suzanne Somers daytime TV Talk Show at Universal Studios. Recently he has recorded a series of albums on the the Classic Jazz record label paying tribute to jazz legends including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis ,Stan Getz, Clifford Brown and Ben Webster. The most recent album, Glenn Zottola “A Jazz Life,” is a 2 CD anthology of selected tracks with many celebrities including Chick Corea, Suzanne Somers and many more.

Great tune composed by my good friend Kirby Jones . Glenn Zottola Trumpet and saxophone.

This is my first collaboration with great guitarist , producer and arranger Ray Burghardt more to come. Ray has a long history of making music in many celebrity settings as I do and what a joy to make music with him and “lock in”.

These singles were mixed by my good friend and master engineer and great guitar player by the way Ray Burghardt. Thank you Ray !

In 1964 I was 15 years old and went to the Randall’s Island Jazz Festival in NYC and saw Ahmad Jamal play his hit of the day Poinciana.