NBJP: What living musician do you admire most? Why?

AC: Quincy Jones because he is an artist who has found a way to make beautiful music that is both true to himself and accessible to the public audience.

NBJP:What would you want to be if you weren’t a jazz musician?

AC: An anthropologist

NBJP:If you could only own one CD (Download–whatever), what would it be?

AC: The Best of Chick Corea

NBJP: Complete this sentence: If I can, I try to avoid_____________________

AC: Driving too fast on the highway

NBJP: What’s the worst job you ever had?

AC: I played on a gig where someone fell on my keyboard and almost broke it.

NBJP: What’s the last book you read?

AC: Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

NBJP: If you could live anywhere, where would that be?

AC: I would live somewhere near water where the temperature was always above 70 degrees.