I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.Oscar Peterson
We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
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very honored and proud that jazz has brought me to this acclaim by the Canadian people.
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Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.
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I play as I feel.
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Noting that the school is very close to my home, ... because I like their platform educationally speaking. They have some very good intentions musically and I'm very interested in that.
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