I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
When a human being is oppressed, the natural tendency is to feel anger. Jazz is a response to oppression that is not bullets and blood. Jazz is the expression of harmony ... and at the same time of hope and freedom.
Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
It is people's hearts that move the age.
There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? How do you practice being nonjudgmental?