Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

A chord is just the name of a sound.

They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out.

Jazz groups have to make a living any way.

What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you know, to expand the audience.

You play ensemble things that you had no idea you were going to play two minutes before.

A lot of jazz is like that; it sells over a period of time.