As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.
I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.
The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.
Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.
It's always fun to talk about jazz.
Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
Our approach is more the jazz approach, where you learn to play your instrument as well as you can, develop your craft, and then communicate with each other. That's the focus, not trying to give some message or entertain or have a good light show or whatever.