Many, many years ago, I overheard my friend Ruthie (whatever happened to Ruthie?) say
Breath is the difference between man and laws.
Well, that certainly sounded deep, but what did it mean?
Then she added
Or Rampal.
Oh! She meant Herbie Mann, Hugh Laws, and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Ruthie played the flute.
I was thinking of this because I heard Jonathan Schwartz play Rampal. Rampal was wonderful of course. It’s the breath.
