This edition of PatesPlace we salute a person who passed away recently, but the wonderful music of Neal Hefti will go on forever. October 29th would have been his 86th birthday.
Fantail (on Atomic Basie)
Pensive Miss (originally on Basie Plays Hefti, no longer available, but a live CD titled Corner Pocket includes this tune)
Flight [...]

Happy Birthday! Clare Fischer cele- brates his 80th birthday on October 22, 2008. We wish him a very happy day and thank him for all his musical gifts that he has given us. This is a gentleman who can be called a musical genius. He has been way ahead of his time for many [...]