Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

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

If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

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

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