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Me
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Nov 07, 2020

It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play.

More
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Nov 07, 2020

Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.

Getting
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Nov 07, 2020

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

Early Years
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.

Only
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Nov 07, 2020

I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.

Big Fan
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Nov 07, 2020

I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.

Dynamics
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Nov 07, 2020

But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, there's a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression that's possible with the instrument.

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.

Jazz
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Nov 07, 2020

There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one is the starting what was first called jazz rock in 1967 when I started my first band, later became jazz fusion by the 1970s.

Done
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Nov 07, 2020

I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.

Listening
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Nov 07, 2020

Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.

Looking
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Nov 07, 2020

I think I always have been someone who likes to push at the edges of things, looking for something different.

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