The new, younger artists today are too insecure to be willing to face that kind of musical competition afforded by the jam session.
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Of the newer people I would like to display to the public, I find it almost impossible to get them to agree to the jam session form.
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If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.
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My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.
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If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.
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