Out Of Coltrane's Whole History,

You Just Keep Playing. If Someone Special Comes Along And Organizes It In A New Way, Then You'll Have Another Approach And Everybody Will Jump On It To Try To Learn.

After Playing Now For 60 Years, It's Still Very Challenging For Me To Play A Simple Melody And Have It Clean And Touch The Reed At The Proper Time In The Proper Way.

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

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

Most Jazz Players Work Out Their Solos, At Least To The Extent That They Have A Very Specific Vocabulary.