The bandleader is a musician trying to sell a mass commodity; and in order to do so successfully he must accommodate himself to mass standards. Unless he can do this comfortably, sooner or later he is sunk.
I can't understand guys who just have to have your autograph. What do you do when you get home, take it out & look at it?
An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.
An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.
I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.
I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.
'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music.
You have no idea of the people I didn't marry.
Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.