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

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

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

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

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

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

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