That was a big deal at the time, because no blacks were integrated with whites in anything - not in sports, basketball, football, nothing. |
The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do. |
Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general. |
[Jazz] went from the classics to ragtime to Dixieland to swing to bebop to cool jazz, . . . But it's always jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes you put on her, she's the same old broad. |