Bill Crow - We sailed to Italy on the Andrea Doria, a year before it sank, and Zoot (Si

We sailed to Italy on the Andrea Doria, a year before it sank, and Zoot (Sims) and I played a lot of ping-pong on deck during that trip. Zoot sparked that [Gerry Mulligan's] sextet in an extraordinary way, soloing with joyous abandon and infusing the ensemble parts with his special brand of swing.

- Bill Crow

topic: Years, Swings, Special, Mulligans, Sims, Andrea, Ping Pong, Ping