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I love jazz because it's an area of music where I am free to incorporate everything I've experienced in music, including multiple genres and global cultures, and creatively express myself as a composer and improviser
Read moreI love jazz because it's an area of music where I am free to incorporate everything I've experienced in music, including multiple genres and global cultures, and creatively express myself as a composer and improviser. I see jazz as a big tent music, and have tried to avoid worrying about what of style of music I play so much as do I express the various styles I've absorbed in a way that is honest and personal. As a guitarist, it means I cover a lot of different sounds, and as a composer it means I draw on a lot of different influences quite freely.
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By Michael Occhipinti
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