One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home. My stepfather fell sick,….

I wonder what an agent would do if he had to travel with the band he's booking..

Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk m….

Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour,….

Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through..

It's not what you play, it's how you play it..

If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically..

Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind..

During the years I was with Andy Kirk we starved almost. I remember not eating for practically a month several times. But we were very, very happy be….

Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldnt consent to m….

I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the ree….