I really like the complexity of jazz, the emotional depth; I feel like there's no other music that's really as satisfying as jazz.
Jose JamesWhen I sort of step in my jazz world, it's somewhere between instrumental jazz and vocal jazz.
Jose JamesFor me jazz is kind of an extension of hip-hop. Kind of the sad thing is that a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and a lot of hip-hop people just listen to hip-hop, and there's not a lot of crossover, unfortunately.
Jose JamesThere's a more experimental album that follows that, which is like Black Magic and While You Were Sleeping. Then there's a return to jazz, For All We Know and Yesterday I Sang The Blues. It wasn't like a planned thing, I just kind of realized it when I made a list of my albums. Like, oh wow, this is exactly what I did before.
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