There`s a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn`t have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would`ve preferred to done them over.
The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you`re going to play. I`m saying let`s break the formula.
The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there`s no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don`t know as much about music.
The lion`s share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the `60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these p...
There`s not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.
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