What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.
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But I'm also a music lover, and I'll always try a lot of different things.
I'm quite an eclectic musician.
I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes.
I started in music and that's my forte and that's what I've always done and where I'm heading.
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.
I mix everything up. A museum curator once said to me that there is a great jazz component to the way I do things because good jazz is improvisation and draws elements from all different cultures. And that's the way I do everything - the way I dress and decorate.
I approach music and acting the same way, through spontaneous improvisation. I never really try to rehearse anything, do it over and over, except when we're inside a take.
I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
I teach class. I study music. I rehearse. I coach people. That's it. I'm doing exactly what I want.
I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do.