Jazz Is About Freedom Within Discipline.

What I Want To Happen Is To Be Really Creative, And To Play Something New In The Improvisations, Every Time.

The Reality For Me Is Simple. When Music Is Written, It Is Usually Categorized As Classical. When It Is Improvised, It Can Still Be Called Classical If It Is An Inspired Improvisation. In Either Category, It Is Still Music, And It Can Be Good Or Bad Or Simply Mediocre.

I Had The First Integrated Army Band In World War Ii.

Most Of The International Acceptance Of Jazz Education Can Be Traced To The University Of North Texas, Denton, Texas, And The Wonderful Program They Inaugurated.

Don't Be A Perfectionist... Leave That To The Classical Musicians.