Charles Davis (saxophonist) Hamilton College Interview Block 23 (Q2113)

Well even with all the outlandish trappings as you say, he still played the same thing. He had come out of Fletcher Henderson's era and then as time progressed, the more the cosmic called him, the more he dealt with that situation. But he was like with Fletcher Henderson, and we were playing Jazz, Bebop, whatever. He always had a mythical essence to his music anyway.