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.

These record companies are going to be going out of business pretty soon, because people are just going to be downloading what they want to hear.

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.

They were missing all the enthusiasm, the creativity; that whole excitement about the music was lost. A lot of people are really going back looking for that.

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.

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