You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field