“No, although I’ve seen just about everything that can appear with a symphony orchestra except that! Did he come to LA in the 1980/90s?”
I’m dating myself - he used to play in the LA area in the 60’s and 70’s - one of the great West Coast players, mostly known as a Tenor Player, with Stan Kenton and all the others who could get him, (the Great Ones). He had his own group, but also played house band at Shelley Manne’s and The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach - the cool divey one, not the shiny new one - they used to put red flags on the table there for us, because the young guys like us who went to hear the bands then were under age...it was magic...small room (reminiscent of Lenny’s in Boston) and they had EVERYONE there...he was still playing through his eighties, though...you may have seen him around LA...Supersax, rehearsal bands and always around Local 47 (where I used to hang and listen to Q’s rehearsal bands) just a great, great jazz guy...
Well, I missed him but I'm very familiar with the world's weakest union having been a member for quite a long time. ;0) Let it lapse before I moved to virginia, however.
I was a professional brass player - classical and jazz/big band - for over 20 years until I got hooked by those new-fangled computer thingies and got into high tech for awhile.