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Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz.
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Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.
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It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.
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I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound.
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I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically.
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A lot of bands were doing remotes from ballrooms around the country.
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Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.
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Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.
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I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.
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I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.
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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.
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In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.
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