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Life is short, and, once somebody is gone, they're gone.

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To be a good improviser, you have to study composition as a parallel. Because what improvisation is, on a high level, is spontaneous composition.

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I think the best thing you can teach a person is how to learn. And once they discover their own individual approach to that - which is inside all of us - then all of a sudden, they've opened up a door of endless resources.

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I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

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I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people.

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I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

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I felt that I had been influenced by being in the city enough and I wanted to go off by myself to see what was going on. I remember going out there and looking in the mirror and thinking I wasn't anything.

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You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

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If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

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I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: August 3rd, 1940

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