Jazz Music Will Continue To Thrive, Possibly

1962 To 1965, Where Suddenly The Guitar Became This Icon Of Youth Culture All Over The World, Thanks Mostly To The Beatles. Add To That, That I Saw A Hard Day's Night 12 Or 13 Times, And That The Guitar Was The One Instrument That My Parents Absolutely Refused To Let In The House. So You Add It Up And See That Irresistible Forces Led Me To The Guitar.

The Unity Band Project Has Been Life-changing For Me. I Have Led Many Groups Of Talented Musicians, But This Is Unlike Anything Else.

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.

I Don't Know If I Would Qualify As Mainstream. I Think I Have Managed To Function Pretty Successfully On The Fringes Of The Music World And Have Been Able To Play Exactly What I Have Wanted The Way I Have Wanted

I Was Deep In The Zone Of Practicing Almost Constantly