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

We just can't go and try to turn the clock back, that's not happening anymore. You've got to figure something else out.

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

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

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

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.

Play as well as you can all the time, and if you're truthful to your thing, you'll succeed.