I haven’t seen the Ralph Fiennes’ manifestation but I, I didn’t remind myself of those performances because I wanted to be clean of that when I was creating Francis for myself, and I really just used Thomas Harris’ novel, which is so beautifully detailed, and anyone that hasn’t read the book I would highly recommend going out and, and taking a look at it ‘cuz the writing is extraordinary, and it gave me everything I needed and, and with a role like this, you know, imagination is the only thing you can do. Um … yeah, it’s, there’s a real legacy to this role that, that I was aware of and have become increasingly aware of down to fans of those, both of those movies and personal stories of people that met Tom when he was shooting it and so I feel like I’ve had some kind of connection to it. RA: They, they, they Frenchify the end of it and make it sound much more posh than it really is. RA: Well, you said my name right, so you’re not gonna get eaten, that’s for sure. So how do you feel about taking over this iconic role? We went from Tom Noonan to Ralph Fiennes to Richard Armitage – that is great company. You know him from the Hobbit movies, and he is taking over the daunting task of playing Francis Dolarhyde in the third season of Hannibal. We are here with the fabulous and lovely Richard Armitage. WB: Hello internet, this is William Bibbiani coming at you from Comic Con 2015. The Woody Herman song in the video is “El Toro Grande” the Chase tune is “Swanee River”.Crave Online’s William Bibbiani interviews Richard Armitage, Hannibal – San Diego Comic Con (July 11, 2015) We can replace a President, but I haven’t heard another player just like Bill Chase, or a group like Chase, yet.
That made all the headlines, but in my heart, losing Bill Chase was the real story. The only other noteworthy news that day in August of 1974 was that Richard Nixon resigned.
Bill Chase was a part of that evolution until he was taken from us on August 9, 1974. It’s all connected in the evolution of music. You can hear Maynard when you hear Bill Chase play, and Maynard was influenced by those before him like Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Harry James, Bunny Berigan, etc. I heard that he even got fired from Maynard’s band because he couldn’t play high enough, so he changed equipment, worked harder at it, and emerged as a great lead player with Woody a few years later.Įvery musician who has ever played has been influenced by someone before them. Everyone always remembers the first time they hear Maynard play live! But it changed Bill’s life forever.īill even went on to play lead in Maynard’s band and in Kenton’s years later before making his name in the Woody Herman band. Maynard was still playing the featured trumpet chair in Kenton’s band and from that night on Bill wanted to play like Maynard Ferguson. Maynard could do it, but could Bill? Most trumpet players could not handle a book like that night after night.īill started as a classical trumpet player in life until, in 1951, he went to hear a Stan Kenton concert. The book was so hard to play every night that I wondered how Bill would be able to continue at that pace as he got older. I did hear Chase live in Fort Worth at Haltom High School six months before the plane crash that killed Bill and half of the band. I was just too young to be able to go hear them. I never heard Bill play live with the band, and it’s my loss.
Woody used his trumpet section like a firing squad and the band had the power of an explosion when they let it loose. He had an energy that propelled the band like no other. When the Woody Herman band was winning best band awards in 1963 it’s no accident Bill was playing lead. You can hear the beginnings of Chase when you listen to some of the Woody Herman recordings. Bill played lead with Woody, and wrote tunes that featured the trumpet section and himself. I’ve include two tunes in the video, that showcase Bill’s playing and writing. There will probably never be another group like this again. It’s the last time we have heard a great rock band with four trumpets who play the lead. After his death, Maynard had the place to himself as he toured and played at college campuses.Įvery band and DCI group played “Get It On” at some point, which was the hit tune by Chase. His rock group was just getting famous and he was becoming as popular as Maynard Ferguson with the younger crowd. I’ll never forget hearing the news that day and thinking about what a tragic loss to the trumpet world. Bill was the great lead trumpet player with Woody Herman and others, and the leader of the rock group, Chase. Today reminds me that Bill Chase was killed in a plane crash 41 years ago.
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