It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.
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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.
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Sound is the first thing that we tune into.
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I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.
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