Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.
Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
Inspiration is constantly in the air. It's up to us to develop the sensitivity to pick up on it.