Q. Michael, the message I've been hearing from you is that unless jazz can combine with other forms of music, it's not really going to find an audience. No, I think you need to bring new people into the room to listen to it. I agree with Michael in this respect. I have always believed that you must put on more than just pure jazz. And the only way jazz will ever die is if the musicians stop playing jazz.
Jazz can never be more than a minority music.
Everybody cannot like the highest quality things. But if we cultivate that minority - we're a country of 250 million people. If you have 2 percent of them that like jazz, you've got 5 million jazz fans. You've got to cultivate those 5 million jazz fans. You can't look for the 98 percent.