It Is People's Hearts That Move The

I'm Aware That A Lot Of What Is Happening In Jazz Has Not Had A Very Dynamic Change In A Long Time.

I Keep Recycling And Repackaging Music That I've Done In The Past, As Though I Can't Write Anymore. Like, Okay, I'm Done With That. But I Need To Kind Of Prod Myself Again Into Come On, Herbie, Get Off Your Duff And Start Writing Some New Music.

When I Was Young I Used To Listen To Everything.

Jazz Has Been The Voice Of Freedom For So Many Countries Over The Past Half Century.

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.