I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music being discussed at best - at worst, those terms often serve as code words for what is in fact a cultural / political discussion more than a musical one.

One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice.

There has to be a real strong reason to do something with someone for me.

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.