Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.
These people are interested in a wide variety of music, and that's what we're into.
Many times you never know what's going to happen. You'll play songs that you never thought you were going to play.
We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to play a note; or to play what some people would say is a sound.
The music we play is kind of hard to explain. It's music that we really feel.
You know when I was younger I used to look at Downbeat Magazine and I figured anybody in Downbeat must be making a living.