You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?
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You have to go out and learn jazz by playing.
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.
My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.
I think that's what I love about jazz is that you can do what you want, and you're allowed to mess up.
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.
Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.
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.
Jazz is a hard music, and you have to really work hard and also have fun performing; that's the most important thing.
Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.
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