@JL32 Must look up Mike Nock. Ronnie Ball came from #Birmingham UK, with its distinctive accent. He died in the 80s. I never saw him. But #PeterInd became Tristano’s studio bassist (preferring #SonnyDallas for gigs though Ind may have had other commitments). I spoke at length with Ind, a gracious man with some very strange beliefs associated with #WilliamReich. He retained his generic South England accent. He absolutely adored Lennie and bought into all of his esoteric ideas.

@JL32 FTW. In the 1940/50s some really good musicians comprising the orchestras of the great transatlantic liners (nicknamed #Geraldo’s Navy) would take lessons with the legendary Manhattan based pianist #LennieTristano. So #PeterInd (bass) and #RonnieBall (piano) would study at 317 E 32nd St during the 3-4 week turnaround. Alan Broadbent too studied with Tristano (photo) but a generation later I think. Also he didn’t fully absorb Tristano’s rather stringent requirements.