Marian McPartland Hamilton College Interview Block 82 (Q8530)

I think I felt pressured, or you get a sort of adrenaline going or something. Like Joe Morello used to, I remember he said to me "oh why do you always have to play an Duke Ellington tune just because he came in? " You know and he thought I was being obsequious and I probably was, but there was some pressure there. But then I remember we were in Washington, DC and Art Tatum came in, oh man, tha ...