Toot Your Roots - FIRST BRASS

"When I was a teenager starting to play trumpet I had a 78 record of Harry James and his Orchestra playing "Trumpet Blues and Cantabile". I was blown away by the absolutely outstanding, brilliant playing and arrangement. I remembered it when I began the First Brass project and it gave me the idea for Toot Your Roots, which had the working title of "Boogie." Derek Watkins - who was able to hit that first high note 'spot on' every time the tape was rolling - named the tune when we listened back after the recording was 'in the can'."