"The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born."

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"The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born."

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Family

"You know, there're no rules between Russell and I. We don't want to have to have to talk too much, because it's really precious, really special to play music."

Music

"Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed."

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"I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on tape."

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"Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention."

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"Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father."

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