. >> up here in new york at juliard?duated high school early, i still have my class ring. >> st. augustine in high school? >> purple knight. >> yeah. >> so i went from st. aug and at 17 i moved here and went to school over here at juliard. i studied two years. during the time they was there wynton was still coming that the program and when i was 17, my first year, he came in. and i had known him since i was a kid. he was like you know you want to, you want to join us on the road with the septet? ened ajoined him on the road. we went to marcy ackerman and performed and from there we kind of had a relationship. [ music playing ] i still calm him and talk to things about things oom working on. actually, i'm working on my first -- by large ensemble i mean orchestra, big band, rhythm section, choir. and soloist. my first large ensemble symphony. so he's now running the jazz program and marsalis is over there, running the school. a good friend of ours. so that's going to be exciting. >> how does being on the "late show" affect