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"I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself."
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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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"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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"Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas."
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"I like a lot of electronica. I like older jazz rather than newer."
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"There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over."
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"You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't."
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"We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid."
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"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
"If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay."
People
"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
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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."
People
"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."
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"That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you."
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"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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