If I’m going to play this instrument (oboe), I want to get to the point where I can be creative on it.
The great composers in jazz write music that’s not only fun to listen to, but it’s fun to play.
Dizzy once told me he liked the way I played. . . I said could you write that down?!
Seeing live music is an integral part of the way we internalize the process of playing music.
We played Symphony Hall in Kawasaki and there were 1,100 or 1,200 people there to see a trombone quartet. It was an amazing experience!
