The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's been happening.

In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May.

So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music.

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.

Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.

You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all.

Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything.