We wanted to share creativity and didn't want to be bound by traditional jazz conventions.
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I agree with taking the time and respecting the great innovators of the past, but the word innovation would cease to exist if we all do is look at the past.Herbie Hancock
We talked for a couple of hours before we played a note. We didn't talk about music, we talked about life - families, children, issues in the world, politics, so many things. The kind of camaraderie we developed helped make the music what it is. I wanted to find a common ground and connect as people first.
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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
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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.
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There's Charlie Parker and there's Miles, there's Trane. I'm none of those guys, so why am I beating myself up trying to find the lost chord all the time
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