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.

If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is the chord.

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

As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.

Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument.

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.

Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.