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" Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years. "
More
Fact
Writing
" Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. "
Melody
Anything
You
" Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players. "
Bass
Players
Piano
" If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble. "
You
Sense
Want
" I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing. "
Playing
Me
Like
" I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with. "
Devices
Mess
Around
" In a way, I started out to be a baritone player. "
Out
Way
Baritone
" In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you. "
You
Play
Listening
" It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way. "
Always
Jazz
True
" I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting. "
Kind
Top
Trumpet
" I've appeared on some other people's albums. "
Some
Albums
Appeared
" Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays. "
Who
Plays
Miles
" New York is still where I live most of the time. "
New
Most
Live
" Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones. "
Dance
Three
Tradition
" Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra. "
Only
Any
Orchestra
" People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy. "
Happens
Levels
People
" People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time. "
Time
Talk
People
" So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone. "
Played
Quite
Saved
" The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing. "
Serve
Alto
Tenor
" The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine. "
Mine
Starting
First
" Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. "
Jobs
Wherever
Then
" The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra. "
Orchestra
Much
Solo
" This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear. "
Bear
Life
Human Being
" When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins. "
Began
Listening
Attracted
" When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing. "
Writing
More
I Can
" You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it. "
Saxophone
Everything
You
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