It was in the Summer of 69 that I was attending a company school in Chicago with other employees from all over the country. I hooked up with three other guys who were from from Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Bed Sty New York; he was the most memorable with his Dashiki and sandals; he was also an experts on "Bongs", but he couldn't drive a car. Never heard of a grown man who couldn't drive a car. That meant he couldn't drive when we rented a car.
Once we heard that Miles Davis, Nina Simone, and Herbie Mann were going to be in town on the same bill, we decided to buy tickets. Cincinnati purchased the tickets, and I knew they were too reasonable.
When we got to the auditorium, I discovered why; I have never been so high up on the inside of a building in my life. Fortunately we had good luck, there was a real bad storm that day, and people who bought tickets at ground level close to the stage, didn't show up; so we decided to go down and put those empty seats to good use.
Miles was first; I already described him, Herbie Mann was second; He came out in a very light, almost white, tan suit, and shiny light brown boots, brown shirt with a big collar that he wore outside of his coat. I admired his dress so much that I copied it for myself later on.
Not only was Herbie well dressed, but it was a toss up between him and Nina as to who stole the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4DiUhro1WU
Herbie was on fire that day;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7gdstNGYEs
It was a very good day.