Jan Garbarek

Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music.

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I'm doing now, that's a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences.

When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I'm doing now, that's a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences.

I think I was supposed to play jazz.