Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some of us, I believe that they see there is a different way of approaching today's life and today's sometimes seeming hopelessness that can provide answers.

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.