text: Actually I met him first in Australia. We toured together, we didn't play. He was in that original package that I toured with including Sarah Vaughan.He and I got along like a house on fire. I looked upon him like he was my father. Lovely guy.I was working at 'Lenny's on the Turnpike' and he came in for the week. We used to have a house rhythm section and it was the who's who of Jazz.Just about anyone you can think of during that period that went around the country by themselves played there.Benny Golson, Phil Woods, Pee Wee Russell, the whole spectrum of Jazz and 'Hawk' played there for one week and that was a memorable experience.
  Playing with people like Sam Rivers and Tony Williams, you were almost on the fringe of the Miles Davis band in a way.Did you ever have any experiences with Miles Davis in that period.