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.

It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music.

And there are a lot of people interested in creative music, there are more and more and more.

The trumpet is forceful.

They're not just interested in one sort of music any more.

I'm only involved really right now with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Brass Fantasy.

You know when I was younger I used to look at Downbeat Magazine and I figured anybody in Downbeat must be making a living.