Acknowledgments
I am grateful beyond words to my wife, Tamie, my publisher, Elliott Wolf, my editor, Danielle Harvey, my designer, Amy Vaughn, my children, Marin (and Chad Mortenson), Taylor (and Liz), Brennan (and Tessa), and Madison, my good friend and perennial Jazz fan Dave Boyce, who read every chapter for accuracy, Lee Benson of the Deseret News, who has provided much needed moral support, my associates and staff at the Jazz, including Les Barber, Kevin Gianatiempo, Greg Tanner, Brian Devir, Ted Roberts, Steve Johnson, Peter Bland, Jackson Brown, Suzanne Taylor, Kathy Jo Colledge, Brittani Forbush, Amy Slagle, and Jeni Wood (among others), my teachers, bosses and mentors, Hack Wooley, Bob Fotheringham, Manny Floor, Rich Nordlund, Dave Checketts, Frank Layden, Jerry Sloan, Larry Baum, Tim Howells, Denny Haslam, Jay Francis and Randy Rigby, my good friend Grant Harrison, who has given me fodder for some of the very best Jazz stories and let me borrow most of the photos in this book from his private library, Melissa Majchrzak, photographer, for some of the pictures herein, my sister Patty and good friends Charlotte and Phil Cook, Craig and Joan Anderson, JR and Monica Knight, Stuart and Kelly Jo Nelson and Shane and Ranae Peck, who encouraged me to keep writing even after reading parts of my original manuscript, for the enthusiasm and support of Glade and Debbie Curtis, who went down the publishing road many, many times with success, for Kirk and Nata Schneider and Tom and Kathy Kelly, who rallied behind me, too, and for great clients who became great friends, Val Christensen, Lane Summerhays, Peggy Larsen, Rob Brough, Scott Anderson, Mark Walker, Jack Pelo, Paul Lukanowski, Jamie Neerings, Ray Pickup, Jim Wall, Michelle Gallagher, Fred Beck, Mark Adams, Steve Goldsmith, Kirk Umphrey, Larry Olson, Fred Lampropoulos, Ron Jibson, Rich Walje, Mike Archer, Lee Christensen, Jim Robertson, Richard Ostler, Randy Orison, et al., and most importantly, Larry and Gail Miller and their family, who bought and kept the Jazz in Utah, thus making everything else in this book a possibility.