The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.
Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument.
Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.
Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.