Doc was the pops director for the Minnesota Orchestra for years.
Last time I saw him perform was around 2015, or so. His “Jingle Bell Doc” Christmas performances. Dude was like 90 and could still blow the roof off of Orchestra Hall. He couldn’t hold those notes very long. But he could still wail!
Nice. It’s weird to think how he was able to start his career right after wwii, when so many of the big bands and most of their leaders were still thriving, and of course, the math of just how old anyone would have to be to have had that experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-eXCm-HD1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5H1ayuxMMI