One day whilst I was delivering mail, I had the opportunity to meet a jazz musician. His name: Pharoah Sanders. We spoke for quite some time, to the point where I was almost late finishing my rounds. I was impressed by the fact that he didn't, as a "jazz musician", have any attitude about me playing music from a different genre than he. I find this attitude happening with many different types of musicians very troubling and definitely not healthy for musics. As it turned out, Pharoah Sanders called me to do my first jazz concert in New York City the 17th of May 1969 in the park at 120th street. And, I think, 5th Avenue. The band included Leon Thomas, Lonnie Liston Smith and Billy Hart. I will never forget the music of this concert. This concert was enough to start me thinking more seriously about how do I support myself as a musician.