[Dixielandjazz] Latest On Bill Allred

[Robert S. Ringwald]

  Last week when I last reported on Bill, he was recuperating at home and 
planned
to try playing his trombone for the first time. He had been out walking 
around his
neighborhood prior to talking with me on the phone that Saturday.
   He phoned me this evening, and things are continuing to progress nicely 
for him.
He found that he can in fact blow his horn OK, and is doing so a little bit 
each
day. He says he is still sore, but has finally learned how to sleep on his 
back.
His incisions have healed nicely, and he feels stronger each day. The 
Sacramento
Jazz Festival people want him to come out over Memorial Day weekend, and he 
plans
to do so if he can without negatively
impacting the June tour with his band.
   He tells me that his appetite is good again, and that Susan will have him 
out
bright and early Monday morning for a brisk walk with his dogs.
   I'm pleased to say that Bill sounded great on the phone, and seems to be 
making
a good and steady recovery. I know that you will be just as pleased as I am.
Sincerely,    Bob Cook