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,
Tim Goodman his own band, Tim Goodman continued to tour and perform live at clubs and music festivals including the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado, with longtime friends Emmylou Harris and John Prine. Goodman currently tours and records with Magic Music Band, a long-running country-rock band which Goodman originally co-founded during the 1970s with Will Luckey. Goodman and Luckey had been childhood friends and developed an interest in music while attending boarding school together in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Magic Music Band formed in Boulder, Colorado and performed with an impressive list of similar acts including Old & In the Way,