If You're Trying To Be Hip, Be

The Music Has Gotten Thick. Guys Give Me Tunes And They're Full Of Chords. I Can't Play Them...i Think A Movement In Jazz Is Beginning Away From The Conventional String Of Chords, And A Return To Emphasis On Melodic Rather Than Harmonic Variation. There Will Be Fewer Chords But Infinite Possibilities As To What To Do With Them.

I Never Thought That The Music Called "jazz" Was Ever Meant To Reach Just A Small Group Of People, Or Become A Museum Thing Locked Under Glass Like All The Other Dead Things That Were Once Considered Artistic.

He Sounded To Me Like He's Supposed To Be The Savior Of Jazz. Sometimes People Speak As Though Someone Asked Them A Question. Well, No One Asked Him A Question.

All My Inspiration Comes From Ahmad Jamal.

Good Music Is Good No Matter What Kind Of Music It Is.