" the sound of surprise " .........Whitney Balliett " it's taken me all my life to learn what not to play " .........Dizzy Gillespie "swing is high musicality. it is like Serkin playing a Beethoven sonata. he knows all the notes,but he also knows what else is there ' ....John Lewis "I would teach children music, physics .and philosophy; but most importantly music ,for in the patterns of music and all the arts are the keys of learning " .........Plato (another cool cat ) "remember, play the music not just the notes." jazz bassist/producer Harvie Swartz