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I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

— Esperanza Spalding

In fact, jazz has such a great feeling and great emotional content that it really doesn't require you to have technical understanding of it. I think you just have to allow your feelings to go with the music and you will find yourself carried along by it fairly quickly.

— Dave Holland

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

— Andrew Bird

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

— Pat Metheny

Our approach is more the jazz approach, where you learn to play your instrument as well as you can, develop your craft, and then communicate with each other. That's the focus, not trying to give some message or entertain or have a good light show or whatever.

— Butch Trucks

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

— Keith Jarrett

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

— Wynton Marsalis

I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.

— Chad Smith

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

— Gerry Mulligan

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

— Van Morrison