You Don't Have To Live The Blues

My Youngest Son, Who Is Now The Drummer In My Band, Lives In Brooklyn. My Oldest Son Is About To Move Out To California, And My Daughters Are Both Out Of Town.

You Have To Be Concerned With Yourself Because If You're Not On It All The Time, Nobody Else Is Going To Be.

The Music We're Playing Now Is Based On My Heritage, Which Is Russian, Romanian And Hungarian.

What I Try To Do Is Produce An Atmosphere Where Musicians Want To Invest In What They Do And Give To The Recording. I Hire Those Musicians Who I Know Will Play Something Creative And Interesting.

If You're In Jazz And More Than Ten People Like You, You're Labeled Commercial.