I saw Vince’s group several times before he passed, including his gig with Cal Tjader at the Matador in San Francisco. I also saw him playing solo piano on his very last engagement at a place called Butterfield’s, in the Los Angeles area.
my brother’s mother-in-law was a concert pianist from San Francisco and even though she was classically trained and played for operas and ballets, when I asked her what she thought of Vince, she perked up and gushed about him. Thought he was great.