Holmes brought in Larry Martinez, a professional trumpet pla

Holmes brought in Larry Martinez, a professional trumpet player who was in the same class of player as Nelson and Nelson’s buddy from San Antonio, Jimmy Bell. With Nelson, Larry and Jimmy we had a screaming trumpet section that could compete with any band in the southwest conference.

Larry Martinez playing in a Houston club in the late 60s.

Unfortunately, associating with these really good players did not materially improve either my embouchure or my playing ability.

In the spring of ‘66 Nelson got me a job at the Houston Speech and Hearing Center where he had worked part time for a couple of years. He left his job and Houston to attend grad school at the University of Pittsburgh.