If You Want To Play Somebody's Music,

One Of The Advantages Of Not Having A Record Contract Is That You Can Make Your Own Mistakes, You Don't Need Somebody Else To Organize Them For You.

Music Allows The Great Opportunity To Play With People You Love.

What I Try To Do Is Produce An Atmosphere Where Musicians Want To Invest In What They Do And Give To The Recording. I Hire Those Musicians Who I Know Will Play Something Creative And Interesting.

I Was Raised In Brooklyn, And I Lived There For 59 Years.

As Much As I Think John Coltrane Belongs On The List, I Think Without Coleman Hawkins And Lester Young, Both Of Whom Defined Improvising On The Tenor Sax, There Would Not Have Been The Evolution Of The Craft By John Coltrane.