It's pretty rare in jazz to have a full-on steady band.
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It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.
Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.
People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.
Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.
Jazz is a hard music, and you have to really work hard and also have fun performing; that's the most important thing.
I do find modern jazz quite tricky.
Jazz can be a blank canvas full of possibilities.
Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
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