Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music.

I try to listen attentively to musical sounds around me. You can think of the sounds of daily life as being musical. So I try to absorb the intricacies of the sounds as I would if I were listening to a piece of music. I try to see the beauty in everything.

The hardest part of playing the trumpet is the physical act of making the sound.

Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.