I never thought of myself as a trumpet player in the traditional sense: I never played in a big band... I didn't struggle the normal way.
We were like a trial for the digital process, and I found that in that particular timeframe, there were too many problems with it.
I was obligated to do a bunch of concerts and a television show, but something in my stomach was telling me this wasn't what I wanted to do.
With tape, you capture the impact, but you bring in some other elements. Sometimes those elements are good and sometimes, they're not.
He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music.
We finally got our big break when Ed Sullivan put us on his show.
This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music.
I'm sure I'll go back again and record in the digital process.
I practice every day. I've been doing it since I was eight.
Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes.
Mexican Shuffle was a turning point of the Brass.