Herman Saunders
Friends
Interviewees: Dave Brubeck with Russell Gloyd and Iola Brubeck.
Interviewers: Ted Gioia with recording engineer Ken Kimery
Date: August 6-7, 2007.
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution.
Copyright: Smithsonian Institute©
[Excerpt:]
"The head of the Stockton musicians union heard me play at a sorority house, where the – my roommate when I was a freshman was going with a girl at this sorority house, so I’d often go there and play. I got to know those sorority girls. They invited this head of the union, who was a junior or senior in the conservatory. “Come over and hear this kid.” So he came over. He liked what I was doing. He said, “I’m working at a nightclub, but I have a chance to go to a better job. Would you be interested in taking that job?” I thought, wow, that would be great, but I’m not in the union. He said, “I’m the president of the union. I’ll just get you in.” His name was Herman Shapiro, later known as Herman Saunders in Los Angeles. He changed his name. He did the music for a lot of big t.v. serials that ran every week. He recently passed away, but we followed each other for our careers. That’s the way I got into the union, because I wasn’t old enough to get into the union."
Notes: Year(s) found in correspondence files: 1979; 1994; 1999
Interviewers: Ted Gioia with recording engineer Ken Kimery
Date: August 6-7, 2007.
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution.
Copyright: Smithsonian Institute©
[Excerpt:]
"The head of the Stockton musicians union heard me play at a sorority house, where the – my roommate when I was a freshman was going with a girl at this sorority house, so I’d often go there and play. I got to know those sorority girls. They invited this head of the union, who was a junior or senior in the conservatory. “Come over and hear this kid.” So he came over. He liked what I was doing. He said, “I’m working at a nightclub, but I have a chance to go to a better job. Would you be interested in taking that job?” I thought, wow, that would be great, but I’m not in the union. He said, “I’m the president of the union. I’ll just get you in.” His name was Herman Shapiro, later known as Herman Saunders in Los Angeles. He changed his name. He did the music for a lot of big t.v. serials that ran every week. He recently passed away, but we followed each other for our careers. That’s the way I got into the union, because I wasn’t old enough to get into the union."
Notes: Year(s) found in correspondence files: 1979; 1994; 1999