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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.

It's pretty rare in jazz to have a full-on steady band.

I've always loved jazz.

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

I haven't a great jazz band, and I don't want one.

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

In the early days of jazz, it was ensemble music: everybody playing all together. Nobody really stood out.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.