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Very good site! I like it! I just wanted to pass on a note to let you know what a great job you have done with this site..Thanks! Sergej Brin on December 8, 2005

Recently I was discussing your rock opera "Today is a Good Day To Die" which I saw numerous times Bridge-Vu Dinner Theater (I was a bus boy there) and I was wondering if there was ever a cast album made or if the show Libretto can be perused any where? Thank-you for your help in this.   kevindoler@comcast.net Kevin C. Doler on November 27, 2005

I have repeatedly listened to Temptation-and belonging to a drum and bugle corps in St. Paul, Mn; i was just inquirying as to the price of maybe obtaining a copy of the lead sheets arrangement of the musical score of Temptation-it's truly magnificent!! Thank You--by the way the rest of Temptation cd is awesome!!  Bob "Skip" Olson on October 12, 2005

Ladd, I was recently going through my old vinyl albums to play some things I haven't played in a few months. I pulled out and played (for about the 500th time) an album circa 1968 of the OSU Jazz Ensemble of which you were the leader. For reference, the album starts with "The Jazzers." I've always thought it was one of the most amazing collection of original big band arrangements I've ever heard. Out of curiosity, I googled you and found your website. I then ordered "Ride the Night Beast" and I love it. I will get "Temptation" now as well. You are one gifted dude. When I was about 15 years old, a high school classmate and bandmate, Ken Sperry, and I used to go to see the OSU Jazz Ensemble perform in the Student Union at OSU. Ken ended up playing trumpet in the Jazz Ensemble in the early 1970s under Tom Battenberg. Another Reynoldsburg High School guy, Bill Bendler, played trombone in your band and is on the recording I mentioned. I was a huge Stan Kenton and Don Ellis fan as well in high school, and I always enjoyed hearing how the OSU Jazz Ensemble was performing similar avant garde big band charts. Here's my question. I remember you had this incredible other band -- the "Live New Breed" and I saw you lead them in a concert, at Mershon Auditorium maybe?, in the late 1960s. I was still in high school at the time, but I was completely floored by the music your group performed. There was an excellent female singer whose name I cannot recall, but I would love to know who she was and whatever happened to her career. Are there any recordings available anywhere of any of the Live New Breed's performances? I would love to have some of that great stuff to listen to again. Anyway, it's great to see you are still putting out the great charts. I enjoyed your Night Beast CD very much, but I am disappointed you are not playing on it. Man, you had some chops on that 1968 live album. You were probably one of the best soprano sax players I have ever heard. Bob Janes in Columbus on August 23, 2005

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