In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's no right or wrong, just some choices that are better than others.

No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music is like a classic story, like the Iliad-something so perfect it can never be old.

When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?

Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.

There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.

Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.

The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas... and that negotiation is the art