Toshiko Akiyoshi Smithsonian Interview Block 236 (Q18189)

No, he just said, "Hes not working," thats all. Anyway, there werent that many jobs, probably, because Oscar Pettiford, it was the same thing much later, like six, seven years later. But, um, that time ... I started thinking about that I really didnt want to play in a dance band, you know, dance music. You had to play dance music, of course, thats what it was for. So I made my own group. I qui ...