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"In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz."
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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."

"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that."
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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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"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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"The way that we imitate each others' riffs is something that other bands don't do as much. If we're jamming with a jazz band, or I am jamming with a jazz band, I have to catch myself, the tendency is always to do that."
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"I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself."
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"My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records."

"What's happened - in our country, anyhow - is that the young people have shied away from the formality of the concert hall, that tie - and - tails philharmonic image."

"I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people."

"The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained."

"I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea."

"Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies."

"I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years."
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