Dick Crest

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Dick Crest was a longtime member of the music department faculty at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California. After leading the college's concert band, Crest took over the leadership of the jazz band from Bud Young in the early 1960s. Crest invited a number of professional jazz musicians, including John Handy and Vince Guaraldi, to make appearances with the band, which performed in the college's little theatre. Crest also led a professional band during the summer months at Rio Nido, California, on the Russian River, for evening concerts and dances in the village square, during the 1950s and 1960s.^[1]