More And More As Time Has Gone

I Think I Represent A More Left-wing View Of What Jazz Is

I Have To Admit That More And More Lately, The Whole Idea Of Jazz As An Idiom Is One That I've Completely Rejected. I Just Don't See It As An Idiomatic Thing Any More...to Me, If Jazz Is Anything, It's A Process, And Maybe A Verb, But It's Not A Thing. It's A Form That Demands That You Bring To It Things Athat Are Valuable To You, That Are Personal To You. That, For Me, Is A Pretty Serious Distinction That Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Blues, Or Swing, Or Any Of These Other Things That Tend To Be Listed As Essentials In Order For Music To Be Jazz With A Capital J.

My First Relationship To Any Kind Of Musical Situation Is As A Listener.

I Try To Be Prepared For The Moment, Through Understanding, And Being Warmed Up, Knowing All About Chords And Scales, So I Don't Even Have To Think And I Can Get Right To What It Is I Want To Say.

The More I Can Learn About Music, The More I Learn About Other Things.