This is what really makes real jazz musicians: people coming out with their own voice.
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Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.
Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.
I think jazz has given me freedom with my voice.
It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people being super, super tough on each other. And out of it emerge these genius musicians.
I always used to say I'm definitely not a straight-ahead jazz singer, because then there's people who would hear what I do and say, 'Is it jazz? I don't know...' Whatever it is, it really comes down to creating music that makes people feel something.
There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.
It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.