After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz. ↗
We have a training period; we have certain guidelines and structure. You can't hire talented people and stifle them. That's not the way it works anymore. ↗
What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don't intend to be one of them. ↗