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Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.

Pat Metheny

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Pat Metheny
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
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Lee's Summit
Missouri
Patrick Bruce Metheny
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If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend to continue.
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Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music being discussed at best - at worst, those terms often serve as code words for what is in fact a cultural / political discussion more than a musical one.
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