People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy
When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.
I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.
The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing
I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.
New York is still where I live most of the time.
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones
I've appeared on some other people's albums.
Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.
