The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.
Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.
I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I don't even have to think and I can get right to what it is I want to say.
What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity
Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument.