It's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom. To me if it's anything, jazz is a verb ? it's more like a process than it is a thing.

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

It's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom. To me if it's anything, jazz is a verb ? it's more like a process than it is a thing.

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend to continue.

Music is one big thing to me.

My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.