That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing, and then you play something that compliments that, so you are thinking simultaneously and thinking ahead.

The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us.

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms of what it means to a whole new generation of people who are interested in the enduring energy, achievements, spirit and creativity that exemplified our era.

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.