i heard George play a couple of weeks ago in l.a. with freddie hubbard, james spaulding, slide hampton, roy mccurdy, david weiss and dwayne burno. he sounded fabulous. i even went back two nights later. he also played a trio gig while he was here. he seems to have lots of gigs lined up. he is obviously much better but still has quite a road ahead of him as he apparently will need to receive another kidney transplant within the next year or so.