Didier Ghez: When and where were you born? Was it on May the 13th, 1935, in San Francisco?
Burny Mattinson: That’s correct.
DG: Do you have any brothers or sisters?
BM: I have a sister.
DG: You said that your father was a drummer. Your mother was an actress who met him when he was on tour, is that correct?
BM: No, no. She worked in the theatre, she was a cashier at a theater in San José, and in those days, around 1933 or ’34, the big bands played in the theaters. They were very popular and so my mother met him there, when he was playing in the theater in San José. […]
