TED NASH

After our second concert of Wynton's premier of "Swing Symphony" a bunch of us from the band, and many from the Berliner Philharmoniker went to hang at A-Trane, Berlin's great jazz club. Some of us sat in and played with the killing guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkle, who was headlining. The air conditioning had broke down, and it was a warm, humid night to begin with, and inside the club, which was packed like a rushhour train, was a sauna. After losing about ten pounds each, the hang continued outside the club. Vincent Gardner and I were dropped off out our hotel around 3:00 am, and the very cool man who drove us gave Vince and me a 30-minute tour of the city's landmarks on the way home.