Doc Cheatham Hamilton College Interview Block 41 (Q3469)

And that's how I got Benny Goodman -- before that I was with Benny Goodman. I played two years with him. We went to Las Vegas and other places. He played with symphonies sometimes and played jazz after that with his sextet. And he was very good to me. He fired everybody in the band at one time but myself. Because you know people don't understand the man's a genius, and he expected his men to p ...