in fact, there was a great trumpet player, great musicians that a lot of people don't know, clifford brown. he died tragically in an accident. i used to channel him. clifford, where to i go now, man? help me. i'd ask him that. and he would do it. i would feel better about what i was playing. after a while, a stop to that because he is gone onto better things. let him pursue his soul life. his soul has to go better places than back here where we are. i stopped that, but i did that for a while. i still think about coletrane, monk, all those cats. yeah. i dream about them cats at times. as i said, it's the spirit man. i'm a blessed cat, to play with these people. dizzie gillespie, charlie parker, miles davis. these are the people that were sent here to create this music and keep this music going. privilege.at priv i try to keep it while i am here. that is why i am practicing every day. tavis: you have been doing this for so long now, take me back to the very beginning. how did you settle on the sacks -- sax? >> i was born in harlem, i used to key all kinds of music in 1930. i became an ifici