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![Dave Brubeck Quartet Take Five live in Paris, 1965
Joe Morello on Drums and Eugene Wright on Bass.
Dave Brubeck a great civil rights backer He created one of the U.S. armed forces' first racially integrated bands, "The Wolfpack".[14] In the military in 1944, Brubeck met Paul Desmond.[15]
In 1958, African-American bassist Eugene Wright joined for the group's Department of State tour of Europe and Asia.[26] The group visited Poland, Turkey, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq on behalf of the Department of State. They spent two weeks in Poland, giving 13 concerts and visiting with Polish musicians and citizens as part of the People-to-People program.[27] Wright became a permanent member in 1959, finishing the "classic era" of the quartet's personnel. During this time, Brubeck was strongly supportive of Wright's inclusion in the band, and reportedly canceled several concerts when the club owners or hall managers objected to presenting an integrated band. He also canceled a television appearance when he found out that the producers intended to keep Wright off-camera.[28] In January 1960, he canceled a 25-date tour of colleges and universities in the American South because 22 of the schools refused to allow Wright to perform.[29]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xyhqoefra64tzimlsqx3mepp/bafkreifvizjsjfst3n243wxugefae6oytxesoeaawh73xskusbqgeuz3ui)
