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I was totally into jazz in my teens.

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

I've always loved jazz.

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18.