Bone2Pick Interviews

Working with Michael Brecker was the deepest experience of my life.

My advice about playing opera. . . don’t drink too many liquids before you start.

You studied music, I studied the history of interesting releases for lead trumpet players.

The oboe solos were Madonna’s idea.

It’s ok not to have a job as long as you’re working.

The real art in music is composing and improvising. There’s nothing else. I wanted in my life to somehow get better in those fields.

If you look at someone standing in front of a big band, they probably wrote a check for the privilege.

There are times when you are a trombone player and there are other times when you are the trombonist.

House of Cards has been a dream job in terms of the amount of freedom I have. I have one of the longest creative leashes I’ve ever had.

To this day, I don’t know why Thad took a chance on me. He didn’t know me from Adam!

When I walked out from behind the screen after being announced as the winner, there were gasps. The committee was flabbergasted. None of them expected a woman.

They say it ain’t like it used to be, well . . . when was it like it used to be? It never was like it used to be!