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've been doing that for 20 years.

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

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

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 year.