I play guitar, bass, drums, piano, and pretty much any sort of stringed instrument - besides violin or cello.
The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.
I've played everything but a harp.
I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.
I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
I play the keyboard, but I am fond of all wind instruments, the oboe in particular.
I love marching bands.
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.
I love symphonies. I love string sections.
I can't get anything out of an orchestra if I have the 10 best guitarists, but I don't have a pianist or a drummer.
I play the saxophone, and I used to play the piano.
I started to study the flute in 1951. The flute has been utilized by African-American musicians as far back as the early Twenties. If you take a look at some of the old pictures of Chick Webb, then you will see the flute right there on the bandstand among the woodwinds.
As a musician, your instrument is almost predetermined. I had played drums, piano, clarinet, but when I heard Wayne Shorter play the saxophone, I knew that sound is what I wanted.
To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing.
