Urs Hirz, one of my childhood friends, knew that I was looking for a rehearsal room on our street Wirzenweid in Zurich-Witikon. His mother agreed to let us use her drying room once a week. Her husband was away on business a lot and I think she quite liked that bit of commotion in the house. Sometimes she even offered tea and cake. Urs timbered a simple "stage" and a carpet was added. The first musician was the piano player Richard Motschmann, who gave me a snare, a high-hat and a cymbal. Art Ringger from the «Africana-Club» joined in with double bass, and from Untere Eierbrechtstrasse I was joined by alto player Peter Rechsteiner. Peter lived next door to Harry Pfister (as), who led a jazz big band. Moreover, Pfister had been a jury member at Berner's "National Amateur Jazz Festival" in Zurich since 1951. Probably Rechsteiner took music lessons from Pfister.