In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon…

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I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all...

The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all...

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the...

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the...

That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and...

That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and...

Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could...

Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could...

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an...

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an...

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling...

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling...

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer...

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer...

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying...

The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying...

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms...

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of...

When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some...

When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some...

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear...

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear...

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or...

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or...

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to...

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to...

There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored...

There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored...

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn...

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn...

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower...

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower...

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young...

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young...