We decided it would be interesting to approach the music as a group solo.
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From '70 to '73 I'd had a sextet, but the band was not self-supporting and I couldn't afford it, so I broke it up. And then I didn't know what kind of music I wanted to do, because I was just fed up to here with it. It wasn't fulfilling anymore.Herbie Hancock
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Sometimes you can practice something but what you wind up playing when you're out doing a gig is not what you practiced. What you learn is not necessarily what you practice.
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Tradition can be negative though, if the importance of having roots outweighs the importance of searching for what's valuable in new things being presented.
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