"St. Gallen is a nice city in the German part of Switzerland. Stadt Theatre, where we played, is a modern built theatre with wonderful acoustics. These photos are from a series of one-night concerts we did. We played there with Clifford Jordan and Pony Poindexter. Part of our group that was added for this tour was Bent Jaedig, a great Danish tenorman. Even though Philly played with authority, he made everyone feel that they were a part of the band. You appreciate guys who don't have attitude, they're just part of the band.  When Philly Joe would feature himself, he just told everybody to split. When it was time for your solo, he would be very light and listen to the entire musical effort from all parties. He was sensitive."

Internationale Wiener Jazztage
Vienna, 1970

"At this concert I was part of Dusko's (trumpeter Dusko Goykovic) group. Also I was part of the trumpet summit, with Art Farmer and a couple of really good European trumpeters, including Palle Mikkelborg (Palle since has been knighted by the Danish Queen Margareta. Seven years prior to this performance I played with Palle for a special private event in Denmark honoring Queen Margareta). At the Vienna Festival, it was nice to be in the company of those great musicians, like being with Dizzy on that program, it creates a certain atmosphere of inspiration."