Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.
And if I ever DO see [Kenny G] anywhere, at any function - he WILL get a piece of my mind, and maybe a guitar wrapped around his head.
I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do
Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's worth of work.