COOL MIKE and WAYNE RAGLAN

Double Bassist Mike Fitzbenjamin ("Cool Mike") and myself

Photos by Carol A. Walgenwitt (Webmaster)

Featured Cut: Relaxin' At Camarillo - from Ring Of Fire!

Ok, you guys have got to hear about this. Tootsie came by the studio and we improvised this track "Relaxin' At Camarillo" by Charlie Parker. You were never supposed to hear it, (we were supposed to rehearse first), but I liked the first try so much, I let it out. And here it is!

The Creative Jazz Organization: Mike Fitzbenjamin has played with a bunch of people, not the least of which was the late great Gil Coggins (Gilly to his friends). We are pictured here at club Ambiance in Jamaica, Queens. Pictured below is one of my favorite drummers, "Tootsie" can be heard here playing with me on a Charlie Parker tune, "Relaxin' At Camarillo"; hot stuff!

Clarence "Tootsie" Bean