As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.

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

The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough.

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

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