Melba Liston UCLA Center for Oral History Research, Library Special Collections, Charles E Young Research Library, UCLA Interview Block 725 (Q17940)

Oh, I see. So throughout this period, then, you're pretty much with Gerald during the forties, in his band and in his small group. And you stayed with him pretty much until you decide to call it quits for a few years? So you took a job with the board of education.