Before The Work Comes To You, You

A Jazz Musician Is A Combination Orator, Dialectician, Mathematician, Athlete, Entertainer, Poet, Singer, Dancer, Diplomat, Educator, Student, Comedian, Artist, Seducer, Public Masturbator, And General All-round Good Fellow.

There Is An Awful Lot Of What I Call Recreational Jazz Going On, Where People Go Out And Learn A Particular Language Or Style And Become Real Sharks On Somebody Else's Language.

Register Is Very Important. Music Sounds Best In A Certain Register.

Risk Is At The Heart Of Jazz. Every Note We Play Is A Risk.

I Still Love The Whole History Of Jazz. The Old Things Sound Better Than Ever.