A famous saxophone player, renowned for being an excessive drinker was astonishing the audience by taking extended solos on difficult tunes although he was clearly highly intoxicated. At the end of a particularly long solo on ‘Cherokee’, taken at a break-neck tempo, an incredulous admirer came to the side of the stage. ‘Man, how can you play so good when your drunk?’, he asked in amazement.
‘I practise drunk,’ came the reply.
