When I was coming up, a lot of serious jazz players couldn't stand funk.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As time passed on, got to hear some players who were straight up funky, not just jazz. Nat Adderley, for instance - he's a funky trumpet player, so he was my man.
Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.
I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.
My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.
I'm not a big jazz fan.
I was exposed to jazz early on.
I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not.
I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing.
I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.
Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.
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