You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key.

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

When we are on tour we also take chances.

Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music.

I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece.