"When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find."

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"When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find."

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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."

Jazz

"You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way."

People

"The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price."

People

"As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy."

People

"I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create."

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"Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough."

People

"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."

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"To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years."

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"Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent."

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