I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.
The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.
I’m always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.
Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
I’m one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it.
I’m always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.
The thing that we possess, that machines don’t, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That’s a wealth that’s priceless. You can’t buy compassion.
When a human being is oppressed, the natural tendency is to feel anger. Jazz is a response to oppression that is not bullets and blood. Jazz is the expression of harmony … and at the same time of hope and freedom.
Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that’s where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.
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