What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.
New York is still where I live most of the time.
So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone
The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.
If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.
I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.