It doesn't matter if it's traditional jazz, blues or rock 'n' roll.

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"I do feel a responsibility because most people like me that are my age or younger, they don't quite make it over to the jazz side, " he says.

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It just isn't a jazz thing.

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In the constant race to find the next cure for jazz (hint: it ain't broken), pianist Aaron Parks seems perfectly content to set his own pace.

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And it couldn't hurt for ESPN to jazz things up.

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Someone had claimed he was going to perform with Black Eyed Peas but after trekking to see their Jazz World set the crowd found out it wasn't true.

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No one thinks it odd if you like jazz and classical music: why can't we enjoy a range of fiction?

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Alas, it has never happened, and both of his published essay collections, "The Film Criticism of Otis Ferguson" (1971) and "In the Spirit of Jazz" (1982) are out of print, though it isn't hard to obtain used copies.

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It wasn't until he recorded a version of "Love Me Tender" with a Chinese jazz vocalist that the wheels in his head started to turn.

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