It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.
Jazz is about being in the moment.
Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it; it's, like, 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old.
I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now.
Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.
I'm not a big jazz fan.
When I was coming up, a lot of serious jazz players couldn't stand funk.
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.
There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz.
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