Smokin' At The Half Note Is The

Avant-garde, Jazz, Pop, Classical, Country And Western, Rock, Free, Straight-ahead, Etc. Are Ultimately Meaningless Terms In The Face Of The Music Being Discussed At Best - At Worst, Those Terms Often Serve As Code Words For What Is In Fact A Cultural / Political Discussion More Than A Musical One.

I Don't Worry Too Much About The Fundamentalist Principles That Are In Almost Any Discussion About Jazz.

There Has To Be A Real Strong Reason To Do Something With Someone For Me.

I Don't Know If I Would Qualify As Mainstream. I Think I Have Managed To Function Pretty Successfully On The Fringes Of The Music World And Have Been Able To Play Exactly What I Have Wanted The Way I Have Wanted

I Realized That Equipment Really Had Little To Do With Why I Sound Like The Way I Sound