... were very thick, and he had to heat them with Sterno before every performance. Some of the musicians who were around then and are still around today, like saxophonist James Moody and bassist Ray Brown, remember the drums being very loud and that Chano's hands were always calloused and very hard, "almost like wood- said Brown. He had no problem competing ... ...

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