I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.
“I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have liked to. '”
“When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.”