But he has never left behind Indian classical improvisation, and at this concert he will play ragas with Zakir Hussain, a galvanizing tabla drummer, urging him on.
But what he never left behind was his affection for the place he spent 11 seasons as a player, where he learned coaching lessons at the foot of Red Holzman that he never forgot.
He spoke, he said, for "those who need a voice, those who need a champion, those who need to be lifted up, so they are never left behind," and he promised "to go out to you, the people, because I want to stay in touch with your hopes, with the quiet everyday heroism of working families".
But he has never left behind Indian classical improvisation, and at this concert, which opens the fall season for the World Music Institute, he will play ragas with two brilliant percussionists urging him on: Zakir Hussain, an incendiary tabla drummer, and T. H. Vikku Vinyakram, who draws a myriad of sounds from a simple clay pot, called a ghatam.
We can make sure that a generation of veterans is never left behind again.
And for students like Janelle who, for generations, have been shortchanged by the old, failed system, new standards will help ensure they are never left behind again".
One thing I was sure of: I would never leave behind a brother- or sister-in-arms.
Women never leave behind their handbags and jewelry when they go on trips, as Grace Kelly told Jimmy Stewart in "Rear Window".
And then, almost invariably, they have cleared out, never leaving behind enough soldiers or police officers to hold the place on their own.
Officials here said the new credo for all soldiers is "put the mission first, refuse to accept defeat, never quit and never leave behind a fellow American".
The museum never leaves behind hints of mob romance — one gallery includes heart-warming family photos of mob figures — but such fascination is never allowed to go unanswered: the next gallery is a chronicle of thuggery and blood.
