To Me, There Are Lots

People Sometimes Say It Takes A Long Time To Become A Jazz Fan, But For Me It Took About Five Seconds.

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

I Don't Worry Too Much About The Fundamentalist Principles That Are In Almost Any Discussion About Jazz.

To Me, There Are Lots Of Different Stories To Tell And You Usually Find The Best Way To Tell The One You Are Telling Once You Are In It.

I Have To Admit That More And More Lately, The Whole Idea Of Jazz As An Idiom Is One That I've Completely Rejected. I Just Don't See It As An Idiomatic Thing Any More...to Me, If Jazz Is Anything, It's A Process, And Maybe A Verb, But It's Not A Thing. It's A Form That Demands That You Bring To It Things Athat Are Valuable To You, That Are Personal To You. That, For Me, Is A Pretty Serious Distinction That Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Blues, Or Swing, Or Any Of These Other Things That Tend To Be Listed As Essentials In Order For Music To Be Jazz With A Capital J.