All music now, I think, is fair game for jazz musicians to interpret, and they have been. I would consider those songs standards now. "Norwegian Wood….

I think I started to come into my own when I started doing more original material, and that, I think, culminated in 1998's Modern Cool. I insisted on….

I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing..

Music chooses her musicians..

I have a good life. I have nothing to complain about, and the music is just too interesting..

As soon as I sat down to write music, really, with Café Blue. I just can't think about that when I sit down to write. I don't let myself. I actually ….

Jon Deitemyer is the drummer everyone wants right now..

I am a fan of the compositions of The Beatles, but I don't care for their interpretation of them. But as compositions, I just think that some of them….

I would like to have people hear dissonance, but I don't want it to be so off-putting that they never get there to begin with. That's actually how I ….

Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few who have stayed, have s….