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Meet me at the intersection of Commerce and Art

  A friend asked me recently, “Doesn’t it give you a lot of pleasure when you perform to look out and see everyone dancing and enjoying your music?” Well, of course it does.  But it’s not the main motivator in doing what I do. I guess people forget that this is a business.  Music is …

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I won’t dance…

Last week, I was in a classroom full of fourth graders playing sax and talking about jazz and Miles Davis, when a young man raised his hand and asked: “Do you have any power moves?” I paused for a moment, which gave him a chance to elaborate: “you know, like sliding across the stage on …

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