David Amram
Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.
Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special.
Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.
At times I might play some kind of folkloric flute, although I didn't play those with the frequency or the skill then as I do now.
At places like the Cedar Tavern, the painters were really the center of what you might you call the social scene.
Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.
A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.