Evan Horne [03] The Sound of the Trumpet by Bill Moody

Author:Bill Moody [Moody, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780976876809
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Amazon: 0976876809
Goodreads: 2258032
Publisher: Dell
Published: 1996-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

There’s no ticket on my car and still time to get back to the Musicians Union and check again with Tommy James. This time he’s in.

“Hey,” he says, “got that trumpet for me to see?”

“Not this time, but there’s something else.”

“Shoot,” James says. He leans back in his chair.

Where to begin? I give him an edited explanation about the tapes and what I’m trying to find out. He listens, frowns occasionally, but doesn’t interrupt until I’m through.

“Yeah, I can help you with the names, see if they’re still members,” he says. “You said Nolan Thomas and Conrad Beale. Piano and trumpet, right?” He writes down the names on a pad. “Hang on a minute and I’ll check.”

I wait, but not patiently. I wander around James’s office, looking at the souvenir photos on the wall. There’s one PR photo of Benny Goodman inscribed to James, one of a very young Tommy James posing with his trumpet. The others are group shots, James smiling with a lot of people I don’t recognize.

I open the window, light a cigarette, and gaze out at Vine Street. A light rain begins to fall, but the cool air feels good. I can’t believe I could get this close and strike out. There has to be some connection between the tapes stolen from Gladys Cowen and the ones bought by Raymond Cross from Spinner.

James comes back in a few minutes. “Found one of them. Nolan Thomas.” He hands me a slip of paper with an address and phone number. “Thomas is still a member. No listing for the other guy. Hell, man, these guys got to be late sixties, early seventies now.”

“I know, it’s a long shot.”

James sits down behind his desk again, studies me a few moments. “Even if these are the guys you’re looking for, they might not remember. And finding somebody who used to imitate Clifford Brown, well, that’s something else again.”

“I know. Well, thanks, Tommy.”

“Don’t mention it. I still want to see that trumpet, and if you find a guy who can play that much like Clifford Brown, I want to see him too.”

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