Those Who Play For Applause....tha T’s All

I Didn't Have A Philosophical Understanding Of Music Until I Came To New York. I Didn't Understand How It Applied To My Kind And My Generation. I Thought It Was Just Old People Talking.

There's The Tradition In Jazz Of Having The “battle Of The Bands” And You Do Not Want To Get Your Head Cut When You're Playing.

In The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra We Play Such A Diversity Of Music, With 10 Arrangers In The Band, We Don't Really Worry About Whether It's Contemporary Or Not.

We No Longer Want To Be A Melting Pot, Because We Don't Understand What Is Already Melted.

And My Identity...i Never Really Wondered About It Because, Unfortunately, I Sounded Like Myself. People Be Saying I Sound Like Miles Or Clifford Brown.