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"I was exposed to jazz early on."
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"I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences."
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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."
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"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."
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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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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
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"And I used to listen to a lot of jazz."
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"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point."
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"All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues."
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"My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden."
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"I was exposed to jazz early on."
Jazz
"The combination of experience and experimentation will ultimately yield a personal sound."
Experience
"Still others want a traditional guitar sound if they call you for guitar."
Guitar
"Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue."
Jazz
"I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play."
Play
"After a couple years of occasional lessons with Pass I moved to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory."
Boston
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