Los Angeles to Reno 1949 - 1959. It was March, 1949. Bebop was having its day in Los Angeles. By the time Uffe’s fans in Scandinavia learned he’d beat out 40 other drummers for the drum stool in the prestigious Harry James Orchestra, he'd recorded with the band on the album Swingtown and he was readying to go on tour, with Harry James, then with Claude Thornhill, and Ray Anthony's orchestras. But the music world was changing, and so was his life and future. Lenny Bruce and Red Callender play parts here, too, in 1950s LA.
So many details I never knew!