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l was surprised to learn we were
to play on the same stage
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with the best sax player
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and guitarist in jazz today:
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Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker.
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lt's hard to play on guitar.
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The brass phrases have to be played
by the guitarist.
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lt's bebop.
Guitarists who learn this
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play superbly. lt's Charlie Parker's
way of thinking.
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l saw the movie, ''New York, New York'',
which l like less now.
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But there was Robert de Niro
playing sax with such enthusiasm,
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that l fell in love
with the instrument.
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l told my father:
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l gotta play the sax.
He hoped it was just a passing whim
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but he taught me to play the scales.
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Within six months,
he was amazed to find l was good
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and already playing
in some clubs.
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Jazz, which is dead,
as Miles Davis said,
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is looking for new temptations
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in order to survive
as it had before.