Catch Harry Belafonte. He's got a helluva rhythm section.And so have the Pointer Sisters. And that little guy with Sammy Clayton. He plays the whole show with 40 members.

I always listen to what I can leave out.

Always listen for what you can leave out.

It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.

A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.