Block 63 of Jimmy Morton Weeksville Oral History (Q24305)

Jimmy Morton: The Modern Jazz Quartet came to Tony’s [Grand Dean] – with Milt Jackson, John Lewis… I used to have a hassle with John Lewis because he didn’t like the way I introduced the Modern Jazz Quartet. He said ‘this is not a baseball team.’ I said, you don’t tell you how to play the piano, don’t tell me how to MC. Everybody that was anybody in jazz, in the 50s, came through Tony’s...