[Dixielandjazz] Brubeck in Oakland

[Randy Fendrick]

Wasn't Desmond and Brubeck in the Army together during WW II, but  
Desmond wouldn't hire Brubeck because he couldn't read music and it  
was only later, in the real late forties, when Desmond started hanging  
around and asking for a gig that they were able to hook up.  That was  
the story I heard.  Read the book West Coast Jazz by Ted Gioia for  
further details.
Great book, lost of insight
later,
rf
On Jun 22, 2009, at 8:02 PM, Stephen G Barbone wrote:

> Ed Coltrin couldn't remember the name of the club near Lake Merritt  
> in Oakland California where he saw the Brubeck trio in 1947 or so.
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> Hey Ed, I think it was probably the Burma Lounge. Does that name  
> ring a bell?
> Clint Eastwood saw him there back then too. Also, back around then,  
> maybe a little before, Paul Desmond was still playing clarinet in  
> Dixieland Bands.
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> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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