People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time

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

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.

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

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

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

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