Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz singers out there, and more coming out of the churches.
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea.
Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great.
The radio is playing jazz, and I listen to the sound of the trumpet playing a solo until I become that sound.
I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?
Jazz was uplifted by what I did.
My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.
