My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.
I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound
What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity
...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.
I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do
There has to be a real strong reason to do something with someone for me.