Jazz Stands For Freedom.

Concord, California Was A Great Place To Grow Up.

Jazz Is About The Only Form Of Art Existing Today In Which There Is Freedom Of The Individual Without The Loss Of Group Contact.

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.

I Started Growing Up In A Hurry And Taking A Lot Of The Philosophy I'd Heard From Church As A Kid A Lot More Seriously - Especially The Ten Commandments - And Wondering How 'thou Shalt Not Kill' Could Be So Absolutely Ignored. It Took Me Until I Was In My 40s To Write What I Was Thinking As A Young Soldier.

When Things Are Going Well, I Hate To Quit.