In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz.

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.

There's not much in the way of written-down arrangements - just things that Gerry and I have worked out, from playing spontaneously together and hanging on to whatever seems to fall in right.

1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me

With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy.

I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.

My goal was never to sell many records.