Contemporary jazz saxophonist pioneering neo-jazz and the sound of modern classical jazz revival.
When I create, I don't think. I listen and allow music to flow through me. My mind must be silent.
True art is born from true connection. Without love and understanding, music is just sound.
When you work with artists from other genres, you learn. The boundary between jazz, rap, and classical is an illusion.
The saxophone is my prayer book. When I play, I'm speaking to God and to my soul.
Music unites people whom everything else divides. It's the universal language of humanity.
I respect the jazz past, but I don't live there. I'm looking for how jazz can speak to our lives today.
Jazz is not technique, it's conversation. Each musician says something of their own, and together they create a story.