Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz.
Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction.
Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.
Influence people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from.
I hate nostalgia, I want nothing to do with it.
I am on the side of pluralistic societies, and I will do whatever I can - by the best means available and any means necessary - to protect spaces that encourage open communication between people.