I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In jazz, it's a lot different.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that's what I love about jazz is that you can do what you want, and you're allowed to mess up.
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.
Jazz is a way of life, and you have to learn about it on the street, so to speak. But the training comes in by giving you the tools to work with.
There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz.
If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.
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.
Some people say that if you do anything other than a straight-ahead groove, that it's not jazz. But that kind of labeling is wrong. Music is what it is; if it sounds good, it sounds good.
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?