"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."

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"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."

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"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."

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"In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz."

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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."

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"Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great."

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"I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan."

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"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."

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"I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?"

Artist

"What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America."

America

"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."

Jazz

"I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company."

Money

"Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic."

Love

"The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music."

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"It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest."

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"There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record."

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"The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid."

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"If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold."

Love