Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.

Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.

I have looked to the Steinway piano since I was three, not only as my ideal choice of an instrument. But, as a responsive and ever reliable friend.

Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.

Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background.

You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way.