For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.
I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.
My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.
You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way.
To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years.
My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.