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"In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz."
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"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."
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"Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality."
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"I'm not a jazz singer."
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"I was totally into jazz in my teens."
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"I was exposed to jazz early on."
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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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"Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived."
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"Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes."
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"You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz."
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"Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me."
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"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."
People
"Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them."
Music
"My music has always been strong in melodic content."
Music
"I have been recording for five decades now."
Now
"Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes."
Jazz
"I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance."
Performance
"To do it always right, that is what music is to me."
Music
"Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from."
Music
"Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best."
Writing
"In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz."
Jazz
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