Make the drummer sound good.
To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration.
I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever.
Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.
I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.
If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.