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I'm a musician. I play harmonica for relaxation. A good way to relax and entertain people. An excellent way to have fun.

I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.

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

I'd love to do something where I played a musician.

I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.

I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior in high school I put together a jazz quintet called The Bobby Mack Jazz Quintet.

Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great.

I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, 'Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.' Then I'd go to a rock club and I'm billed as a 'folk rock performer' and in the blues clubs I'd be a 'folk blues entertainer.'

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

There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had me on stage, and I have played on their record. There are a couple of bands like that. Yo La Tango has invited me to play with them.