By: Howard Mandel

Thanks for the shout-out in The Night and The Music afterward, Larry — I recall with great pleasure sitting in my office as a new Scudder story that I myself had commissioned came magically over the Fax. It's the single best assignment I ever made and it was a perfect soupçon for readers of the program guide to one of George Wein's JVC Jazz Festivals. Elaine was so right to dig jazz, with Scudder beside her.