For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.

My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.

I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.

Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine democracy, only performance counts.

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.