What I Look For In Musicians Is

I Was Able To Work With The Best Musicians In Kansas City Starting When I Was Really Young

If You Plan On Continuing A Tradition, It Might Be A Good Idea To Find Out Just What Tradition It Is That You Intend To Continue.

I Love Playing And Working On Music. It Is Something That I Feel Really Lucky To Be Able To Spend My Life Doing. And I Don't Sleep Much!

I Have To Admit That More And More Lately, The Whole Idea Of Jazz As An Idiom Is One That I've Completely Rejected. I Just Don't See It As An Idiomatic Thing Any More...to Me, If Jazz Is Anything, It's A Process, And Maybe A Verb, But It's Not A Thing. It's A Form That Demands That You Bring To It Things Athat Are Valuable To You, That Are Personal To You. That, For Me, Is A Pretty Serious Distinction That Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Blues, Or Swing, Or Any Of These Other Things That Tend To Be Listed As Essentials In Order For Music To Be Jazz With A Capital J.

People Sometimes Say It Takes A Long Time To Become A Jazz Fan, But For Me It Took About Five Seconds.