The Music Speaks For Itself!

The Thing To Judge In Any Jazz Artist Is, Does The Man Project And Does He Have Ideas.

I Would Never Try And Play Like Harry James, Because I Don't Like His Tone - For Me. It's Just White. You Know What I Mean? He Has What We Black Trumpet Players Call A White Sound. But It's For White Music ... I Can Tell A White Trumpet Player, Just Listening To A Record. There'll Be Something He'll Do That'll Let Me Know That He's White.

Play What You Know And Then Play Above That

I Can Tell Whether A Person Can Play Just By The Way He Stands.

You Have To Be Born With It. You Can't Even Buy It. If You Could Buy It, They'd Have It At The Next Newport Festival.