Ed's a really nice guy. When I was in school (Univ. of KY) he came up for a few days for a masterclass and concert w/ the jazz ensemble. A hell of a player too. He told a story that's stuck with me, about a (I think) Julio Iglesias show in NY, full orchestra type thing. Ed had a big tenor cadenza at the end of a piece, and just poured himself out into it in the rehearsal. When he finished, the orchestra stopped and applauded him. That's when Julio (again, I believe) came up and said, "Yes, that's very nice, but could you play more like Stan Getz, you know, 'fuu-fuu' kind of thing?" Ed said that's when he decided he was done with that kind of work and he just needed to do his own thing; play with his own voice, his own music.