 Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players. |
| 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. |
| It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way. |
| New York is still where I live most of 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. |
| Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years. |
| 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 first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine. |
| The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing. |
| You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it. |
| I've appeared on some other people's albums. |
| The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing. |
| People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy. |
| I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing. |
| The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra. |
| In a way, I started out to be a baritone player. |
| Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. |
| Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. |
| When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins. |
| I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting. |
