During my interview with Johnny Mandel last week, we spoke about Boyd Raeburn's band and lead alto saxophonist Johnny Bothwell [pictured]. Johnny Mandel noted that Bothwell had left the band in 1945 after a flare up with Lenny Green, the band's other alto saxophonist. Bothwell's replacement was Hal McKusick, who at the time was in Los Angeles with piani…
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