Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?
Everything I do is Mingus.
Making the complicated simple is true creativity.
Most of the soloists at Birdland had to wait for Parker's next record in order to find out what to play next. What will they do now?
I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer.
Life has many changes. Tomorrow it may rain, and it's supposed to be sunshine, 'cause it's summertime. But God's got a funny soul, he plays like Charlie Parker.