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

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

New York is still where I live most of the time.

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing

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

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

I've appeared on some other people's albums.