What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity

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!

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

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

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

Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music being discussed at best - at worst, those terms often serve as code words for what is in fact a cultural / political discussion more than a musical one.