Scott LaFaro bass. He played in groups at the College Spa and Joe's Restaurant on State Street in downtown Ithaca. Beginning in 1955, he was a member of the Buddy Morrow big band. He left that organization to work in Los Angeles. LaFaro spent most of his days practicing his instrument. He practiced with a clarinet book to improve his facility. Bassist Red Mitchell taught him how to pluck strings with both the index and middle fingers independently. For much of 1958 he was with Victor Feldman's band. In 1959, after working with Chet Baker, Stan Kenton, Cal Tjader, and Benny Goodman,
Jerry Jerome (saxophonist) the Glenn Miller recording "Doin' the Jive" in which in soloed. He then joined the Red Norvo band. He joined the Benny Goodman orchestra in 1938. When Goodman broke up his band in 1940, he joined the Artie Shaw orchestra. While with Shaw he appeared in the 1940 film "Second Chorus" starring Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith. Jerry Jerome (saxophonist) Jerry Jerome (19 June 1912, in Brooklyn – 17 November 2001) was an American jazz and Big Band musician, a tenor saxophonist. He played with Glenn Miller and Red Norvo, then Benny Goodman from 1938 to 1940, and Artie Shaw.