Benny Goodman Was One Of

I Just Completed A Tour In Europe. I Played Every Night. This Requires Traveling Some Days For Six Hours In A Van Or A Train Or A Car. After Six Weeks Of That, I Checked Into The Hotel And Just Fell Apart.

In Some Ways Lester Young Is The Most Complex Rhythmically Of Any Musician. He Does Some Things Which Are Just Phenomenal.

We All Learn From Each Other, And I Never Really Hung Out With Guys In That Way, So I Missed Out.

I Understood That If I Wanted To Work, The Saxophone Was The Main Instrument. The Clarinet Was What We Call A Double.

As Long As There Are People Trying To Play Music In A Sincere Way, There Will Be Jazz.