We've got three trumpet players from up in the Bay area. Our very strong lead man's name is Forrest Buchtel. Prior to joining our band, he was gigging in Northern California; but the gig he was really making a living at was as an engineer for the Atomic Energy Commission. So I think that's a pretty good twist for a lead trumpet player! Woody Herman talking to Les Tomkins in 1968

Jaco and I played together for the first time with BS&T along with Larry Willis, Don Alias, Mike Stern and other rather excellent musicians, but Jaco took each of us up to another musical level. We hung together 24/7 throughout the world off and on for 15 years and I thought I knew Jaco. But this magnum opus by Mr. Bobbing gave me new perspective of the magnificence of Jaco's spirit which can only be communicated through listening to Jaco play. Thank you, Bob and God bless Jaco wherever you are.
Forrest Buchtel, Jr. (Austria)
Wednesday, June 30, 2004