Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music.
I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with.
I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I longed to maybe do some things together.
I guess fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize I guess because you never can tell what musicians would be playing had they been around as long as I have.
There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.
