Dave Brubeck Smithsonian Interview Block 117 (Q7028)

Oh, I wasn't a youngster. My brother Henry, the drummer, played with Gil Evans. Gil Evans had a band out of Stockton. There were so many good musicians in the conservatory. You weren't allowed to play jazz, but you worked as a jazz musician. Many of the California towns, and the towns right across the country, had dance bands. Almost every town had one or two or three bands that worked, played ...