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I've appeared on some other people's albums.
In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.
New York is still where I live most of the time.
Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.
When [Billy] Strayhorn came on the scene, he just blew us away.
Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.
I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.
If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.
So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone
You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it
When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins
Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.
You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it.
So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.
When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins.
Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years.
The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing
The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing.
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra.
What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.
Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.
I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.
This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear
The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.
The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field
This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear.
The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field.
I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.
A very talented player and all around excellent musician. I love hearing his records on radio!
The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra
The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra.
It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.
People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy
People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy.
Life on the road is murder. It's as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth.
When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.
The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing
The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing.
Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.
I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.
You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.
People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time
People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all 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
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.
In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you.