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Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or an orchestra. Frank was a brilliant arranger and could make his music work in any context. He proved that tour after tour and album after album.

Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal.

I learned my phrasing from Frank. I loved him so much.

His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen.

I had to go to Europe to tour and he died on the second day of the tour.

I've done every tour with them since then and will always be with them as long as they're together.

What a ball from Frank. Frank and I go back years. He used to do that when I was at Ajax.

It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then again, I'm 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank's at now.

The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so.