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Risk Is At The Heart Of Jazz. Every Note We Play Is A Risk.

There Is An Awful Lot Of What I Call Recreational Jazz Going On, Where People Go Out And Learn A Particular Language Or Style And Become Real Sharks On Somebody Else's Language.

You Must Have The Music To Justify An Instrument's Extensive Use.

Make The Drummer Sound Good.

If You Listen To Louis Armstrong From 1929, You Will Never Hear Anything Better Than That Really, And You Will Never Hear Anything More Free Than That.