There Has To Be A Real Strong

Avant-garde, Jazz, Pop, Classical, Country And Western, Rock, Free, Straight-ahead, Etc. Are Ultimately Meaningless Terms In The Face Of The Music Being Discussed At Best - At Worst, Those Terms Often Serve As Code Words For What Is In Fact A Cultural / Political Discussion More Than A Musical One.

I Was Able To Work With The Best Musicians In Kansas City Starting When I Was Really Young

Jazz Music Will Continue To Thrive, Possibly In Unexpected Ways.

It's A Shame That Jazz Is Now Being Turned Into Dried Fruit. It's Becoming Quantized, Diced And Defined. It's Becoming An Idiom. To Me If It's Anything, Jazz Is A Verb ? It's More Like A Process Than It Is A Thing.

I Try To Be Prepared For The Moment, Through Understanding, And Being Warmed Up, Knowing All About Chords And Scales, So I Don't Even Have To Think And I Can Get Right To What It Is I Want To Say.