Native American music for me is inspired by the land, its beauty, and its mystery. Many of the songs on “Black Kettle’s Vision” and “Coyotes” were written on the land with her. I have much more of an active part in writing jazz, but let me pass on what Joe Davis, one of the greatest unknown tenor players, told me when I drove to Tahlequah, Oklahoma to take a lesson from him before he died. He said it, the music, comes into the heart as he pointed to his heart; then, he said the mind merely…See More