Just watching Brubeck on BBC4 in a 1964 concert comperered by Steve Race (remember him, UK 'Catters?). I saw the quartet at the old Free Trades hall in Manchester around '65 or '66, and a great night it was. And it certainly wasn't all "cool", which was what DB got labelled. Joe Morello did a drum solo that was outstanding and original - and I'll never forget the incredulity I felt seeing him do a snare roll with just one hand while improvising all around him with the other.

Brubeck refused to take dates at clubs or concerts that wouldn't accept his bass player Gene Wright. A good man then and now.