As Long As There Are People Trying

You Just Keep Playing. If Someone Special Comes Along And Organizes It In A New Way, Then You'll Have Another Approach And Everybody Will Jump On It To Try To Learn.

Most Jazz Players Work Out Their Solos, At Least To The Extent That They Have A Very Specific Vocabulary.

I Just Completed A Tour In Europe. I Played Every Night. This Requires Traveling Some Days For Six Hours In A Van Or A Train Or A Car. After Six Weeks Of That, I Checked Into The Hotel And Just Fell Apart.

After Playing Now For 60 Years, It's Still Very Challenging For Me To Play A Simple Melody And Have It Clean And Touch The Reed At The Proper Time In The Proper Way.

Names And Theoretical Things Don't Occur To Me. If They Do, I'm Not Doing My Real Playing Mode.