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I was totally into jazz in my teens.

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.

My first love of jazz came from joining the Chilliwack Middle School band - it was like an 18-piece jazz band, and I wanted to join just because the older kids looked like they were having so much fun.

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

I started out trying to play more straight-ahead jazz. I went to Berklee in the early '60s when it was a brand new school, and so there was no fusion music. There wasn't a lot of mixing together of different kinds of music at that time, so jazz was kind of pure jazz.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

I've always loved jazz.

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

The first time I listened to jazz was when I was 8.