Oral history interview with Dave and Iola Brubeck focused on The Gates of Justice, an oratorio they composed in 1968-9 on commission from the United American Hebrew Congregations in response to increased tensions between the Jewish and African American communities in the U.S. Also encompasses other key periods of Brubeck’s life, including growing up on a ranch in rural California, his studies and lifelong relationship with Darius Milhaud, world travels as a "jazz ambassador," and experiences confronting racial segregation in the American South.
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