I was already a long-time MF follower when I saw the same band around the same time at Paul's Mall, a small club adjacent to the Jazz Workshop in Boston. I practically had to drag trumpeter Jay Charles, who wouldn't listen to anything past MF's Roulette stuff, and my younger brother, a trumpeter and more of a Chase fan, to the concert. Paul's Mall was packed to beyond its limit with several hundred Maynard fans, and MF and the band didn't disappoint. They played to pandemonium and earned the first standing ovation I've ever seen in a nightclub. As for Charles (RIP, buddy) and my brother, they both became devout Maynard fans from that concert on.