Dave Brubeck Smithsonian Interview Block 537 (Q7448)

I think that it might also - Dave Brubeck, I think, always had in the back of his mind wanting to revive the octet, because there were times when you were playing with a trio that you would add Paul Desmond and Dick Collins when an opportunity arose. So I think in the back of his mind, you were thinking in terms of a quartet or quintet, but Paul Desmond was the one that was centered on it.