Life on the road is murder. It's as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth.

Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

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

I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.

A very talented player and all around excellent musician. I love hearing his records on radio!