Jazz Is Not Something That

I Met Gary (burton) At The Wichita Jazz Festival When I Was 18 -- He Was One Of My Favorite Musicians And I Got To Play A Few Tunes With Him There. Shortly After That, I Joined His Band, Which Was The Equivalent Of Joining The Beatles For Me! He Was, And Still Is, One Of The Greatest Musicians I Have Ever Been Lucky Enough To Be Around.

I Think Jazz Is Actually Quite Unforgiving In Its Disdain For Nostalgia. It Demands Creativity And Change At Its Highest Level.

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

Learning To Play Is Mostly About Learning To Hear, And Learning To Really Listen Deeply To Sound In A Musical Way Is A Lifetime's Worth Of Work.

It's A Shame That Jazz Is Now Being Turned Into Dried Fruit. It's Becoming Quantized, Diced And Defined. It's Becoming An Idiom. To Me If It's Anything, Jazz Is A Verb ? It's More Like A Process Than It Is A Thing.