"I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known."

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"I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes."

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"I'm playin' the music I like."

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"The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time."

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"It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder."

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