I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops.
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Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation.Doc Severinsen
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It hasn't been much of a retirement at all. I thought it would be, but it just didn't work out that way. I'm doing a lot of work, and there are always some great possibilities out there.
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Dorsey was a special influence. If you wanted to be a bandleader, he's the guy you needed to work with, ... You could learn a lot from him. As a brass player, it was like going to college. Every day, it was like private lessons.
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He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson.
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Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a certain acceptance that sets in; you're no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present.
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