If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.
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The record industry is changing, and sooner or later we had to face the reality that there's not a lot of room at major labels for any kind of creative music -- not just jazz -- that doesn't generate large sales,Branford Marsalis
I hope to find jazz artists not quite ready for prime time,
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My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician.
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Pay attention to me, please.
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One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.
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We have more faith in the music than the people at major labels have. I'm always thinking of ways to enhance the music and the way we think about it.
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