The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation..

To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I'….

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy..

The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them….

I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six..

Jazz was uplifted by what I did..

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many case….

I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create..

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire..

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a ….

If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back..

In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland..

At Verve, my bookkeeper would invariably say, 'Well, why do you want to put out Roy Eldridge?' Or 'Why do you want to put out Ben Webster? They don't….

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan..

I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all..

Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent..

For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind..

My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business..

Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine dem….

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz..

The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups..