ell Im t o rombone.  been a bone man been king of jazz for many years. But no Spicy MacLammermoor, t. Maybe I better play a fees out of to reassure myself.

    quot;o; said somebody standing on t;Did you ?quot;

    quot;I did,quot; said his companion.

    quot;Can you distinguis ;

    quot;Used to could.quot;

    quot;t playing?quot;

    quot;Sounds like o me. t perfectly selected notes ;

    quot;t?quot;

    quot;tained only by artists of tian, Mississippi.  Spicy MacLammermoor is gone.quot;

    rombone in its trombone case and  to a gig. At the gig everyone fell back before him, bowing.

    quot;! er! ;

    quot; a decide.quot;

    quot; Smoke?quot;

    quot;o; everybody said. quot;Did you ?  knock a fella out, just t a intonation on t boy! God Almig;

    quot;I dont  to play Smoke, quot; somebody said.

    quot;ould you repeat t, stranger?quot;

    quot;I dont  to play Smoke. Smoke is dull. I dont like to play Smoke. quot;

    quot;o play Smoke! But ;

    quot;Man, you from outa to do you mean you refuse to play Smoke?  on t;

    quot;I am okyo, Japan.quot;

    quot;Os, e;

    quot;Yes Im top trombone man in all of Japan.quot;

    quot;ell youre ennessee tea Room still top jazz place in tokyo?quot;

    quot;No, top jazz place in tokyo is t;

    quot;ts nice. O.K., no like ;

    they said:

    quot;Good God!quot;

    quot;Yes, ts s of rays coming out of it, some red rays, some blue rays, some green rays, some green stemming from a violet center, some olive stemming from a tan center --quot;

    quot;t young Japanese felloty good, too.quot;

    quot;Yes, ty good. And s frequently t;

    quot;Bent over like t ;

    ional, . Maybe I ougo kill him.

    But at t moment somebody came in t of ave marimba. Yes, it  Man Jones, and o play even before he door.

    quot;re ;

    quot; Billies Bounce. quot;

    quot;ts  it ;

    quot;F.quot;

    quot;ts   you use to play ;

    quot;Yea band for a al.quot;

    quot; for?quot;

    quot;I ired.quot;

    quot; can o astic playing?quot;

    quot; some rain or stars?quot;

    quot;Maybe ts presumptuous?quot;

    quot;Ask ;

    quot;You ask  fool around  young Japanese guys pretty good, too.quot;

    quot;ional.quot;

    quot;You t;

    quot;ell I dont ts Englis;

    trombones been makin my neck green for ty-five years, .  to stand up to yet anote in life?

    quot;ell, ;

    quot;Yes, Mr. Mokie?quot;

    quot;You did  about as good as me, I regret to say. In fact, Ive decided youre better ts a o contemplate, but t is. I y-four  t demands o trut.quot;

    quot;Maybe youre mistaken?quot;

    quot;No, I got ears. Im not mistaken. ;

    quot;You  to be king emeritus?quot;

    quot;No, Im just going to fold up my eal a tune.quot;

    quot; Cream?quot;

    quot;O.K., you  s Cream. You ready, ;

    quot; o leave. You can play too. Just move a little over to t;

    quot;ts very gracious of you. I guess I tle, since Im still to voce, of course.quot;

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    quot;Yes, I imagine its  tune.quot;

    quot;s t sound coming in from t;

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    quot;t.quot;

    quot;You mean t sound t sounds like tting edge of life? t sounds like polar bears crossing Arctic ice pans? t sounds like a ? t sounds like male o ttom of t sounds like fumaroles smoking on t. Katmai? t sounds like turkey  forest? t sounds like beavers crees in an Appalac sounds like an oyster fungus grorunk? t sounds like a mule deer ane of t sounds like prairie dogs kissing? t sounds like cumbling or a river meandering? t sounds like manatees munc Cape Sable? t sounds like coatimundis moving in packs across t sounds like --quot;

    quot;Good God, its e on,  off tand!quot;

    quot;o  for a large steel sop ;

    quot;o  exciting Cream ever played! Is ?quot;

    quot;Yes, somebody is getting er.quot;

    quot;Youre my man,   t;

    quot;Youre t;

    quot; ;

    quot;Yes, Mr. o admit it, you bleill.quot;

    quot;ts O.K., son. Dont t it. It o t of us. Or it almost o t of us. No everybody to ime because s. Flats is next.quot;

    quot;iturn to my el and pack. I am most grateful for everyt;

    quot;ts O.K., s. quot;