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COKER: Hi, everybody.AUDIENCE: Hello--woo! COKER: Welcome back

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How many of you were here last night? [audience cheers] Crazy night. Wow. What a concert. 

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It's just fun to be on this stage knowing that 24 hours ago there was just such a great show here. 

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So, I think some of that music is still flowing around, and we're going to play with that and have a good time tonight, too.

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So, a big round of applause for our special guests. 

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Mel Brown. [applause begins] John Lee. And Tim Gilson.

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Mel and I have been talking about doing something like this for 6, 7, 8, years. 

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Almost as soon as we met, and so we finally got it together tonight.

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So this next tune. That first tune was a famous tune called 'Cute,' of course, you know, 

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perfect for playing brushes with a big band. Classic tune from the 50s. Neal Hefti. 

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This next tune was written back in 1985, and in 1985, there were only two bands I wanted to be in. 

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I wanted to be in the Count Basie band, and I wanted to play with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

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I mean, it was worse for them of course. They died. [audience laughs] 

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But my dreams were dashed, and then when I moved up here and met Mel Brown and got a chance to play with him, 

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I thought, 'Aha. This, this is like playing with Art Blakey.

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So, this next tune was the first tune that Mel and I played together. It's called 'Don Wayne

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and this tune is just built for him.

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