...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted

It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment.

I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound

The Unity Band project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.

To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling once you are in it.