Jazz Is An Idea That

Most Guys At Berklee Are Going To Wind Up Truck Drivers.

Im Always Trying To Find Connections Between Things. That Art Is The Juxtaposition Of A Lot Of Things That Seem Unrelated But Add Up To Something Recognizable.

There's More Bad Music In Jazz Than Any Other Form. Maybe That's Because The Audience Doesn't Really Know What's Happening.

Avant-garde, Jazz, Pop, Classical, Country And Western, Rock, Free, Straight-ahead, Etc. Are Ultimately Meaningless Terms In The Face Of The Music Being Discussed At Best - At Worst, Those Terms Often Serve As Code Words For What Is In Fact A Cultural / Political Discussion More Than A Musical One.

Somehow Trumpet Is The Reference Point For Me It Was Actually My First Instrument.