When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo.

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There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world,...

There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world,...

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music...

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music...

Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing...

Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing...

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with...

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with...

Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not...

Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not...

I write very slowly.

I write very slowly.

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like...

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like...

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at...

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at...

I don't need much coaxing.

I don't need much coaxing.

When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or...

When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or...

I don't think you can ever regain your ignorance.

I don't think you can ever regain your ignorance.

One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer....

One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer....

It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was...

It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was...

I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is...

I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is...

I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.

I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.

When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in...

When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in...