Your sound is you & what you really feel inside.
Imitate, assimilate, and innovate.
I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what you really feel inside.
Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.
Imitate, assimilate & innovate.
I was very thrilled to witness the workby my ol' buddy Jim Widner whose expertise in the field of jazz education proved invaluable in putting this masterful CD (Yesterdays & Today) together.