Dave Brubeck Smithsonian Interview Block 667 (Q7578)

I was on my way to a radio station to be interviewed in Turkey. I was walking through the streets. There were street musicians playing in 9/8. [Brubeck sings a 9/8 rhythmic pattern. ] Like that. So when I got to the radio station, there was a wonderful musician named June [ ], a friend of Gunther Schuller. I said to June, "What is this rhythm? di-ya di-ya di-ya ta-ta-ta di-ya di-ya. " He turne ...