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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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
I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
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I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
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I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
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very honored and proud that jazz has brought me to this acclaim by the Canadian people.
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