Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear.
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If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.Oscar Peterson
I play as I feel.
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You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.
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I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
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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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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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