The Bandstand Is A Sacred Place.

You Don't Try To Duplicate Certain Things That Other Cats Do, Because You Could Never Do It As Well As They Do. Nobody Can Get On That Tenor Saxophone And Play Like Trane, Because He's The Only One Who Can Spell Out Chords And Sound Good When He Does It.

Having Heard Clifford Brown Play All Those Fast Runs, I Used To Really Practice Clarke Trumpet Exercises All Day Long So That I Could Play Fast. That's All I Wanted To Do. I Was Like A Child With A Toy.

Milk In A Mother's Breast-that's Cool. Milk In A Mouth-that's Cool Too. But Milk In My Trumpet? Not So Cool. I Have To Play That Thing.

The Rebuilding Of New Orleans Is An Important Point In The History Of The United States.

The Duke And Swing Represent Affirmation In The Face Of Adversity.