Marian McPartland Both Quotations

Madeleine called me from Europe recently and was worried about whether we'd have rehearsal time before we go on, which, of course, we will. One thing I did ask of her was that she not bring a thick sheaf of music with her. I'm a terrible reader, so we'll pick tunes we both know,

Well, I'm bringing what I like to call my Chicago rhythm section: They both live there and those are the guys I use when I'm in the mid-west.