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I don't know if you heard uh I'm not at schaer uh I'm not at schaer anymore yeah I I did hear

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anymore yeah I I did hear that did you quit not exactly some parents got a kid from Shan

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exactly some parents got a kid from Shan Casey's here I think to say some things Casey's here I think to say some things about me although why anybody would have

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about me although why anybody would have anything other than peaches and cream to

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anything other than peaches and cream to say about me is a mystery that's a good laugh right I'm sorry no listen I'm sorry I get it I

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sorry no listen I'm sorry I get it I know I made know I made enemies I'm conducting a little

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enemies I'm conducting a little L they brought back the JBC Fest this L they brought back the JBC Fest this year they got me opening in a couple of

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year they got me opening in a couple of weeks with a pro weeks with a pro band that's great

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yeah it's all right truth is I don't think people people understood what it was I was doing at

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understood what it was I was doing at schaer I wasn't there to schaer I wasn't there to conduct me [ __ ] [ __ ] can wave his

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conduct me [ __ ] [ __ ] can wave his arms and keep people in Tempo I was

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arms and keep people in Tempo I was there to push people Beyond what's there to push people Beyond what's expected of

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them I believe that is an absolute necessity otherwise we're depriving the world of the next Louis Armstrong the

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world of the next Louis Armstrong the next Charlie next Charlie Parker I told you that story about how

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Parker I told you that story about how Charlie Parker became Charlie Parker Charlie Parker became Charlie Parker right Joe Jones threw a symbol out his

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right Joe Jones threw a symbol out his head head exactly Parker's a young kid pretty good

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exactly Parker's a young kid pretty good on the sacks gets up to play at a on the sacks gets up to play at a cutting session and he [ __ ] it

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cutting session and he [ __ ] it up and Jones nearly decapitates him for

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up and Jones nearly decapitates him for it and he's laughed off stage it and he's laughed off stage cries himself to sleep that night but

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cries himself to sleep that night but the next morning what does he do he the next morning what does he do he practices and he practices and he

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practices and he practices and he practices with one goal in mind never to practices with one goal in mind never to be laughed at

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be laughed at again and a year later he goes back to again and a year later he goes back to the

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the Reno and he steps up on that stage and Reno and he steps up on that stage and he plays the best [ __ ] solo the

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he plays the best [ __ ] solo the world has ever heard so imagine if Jones had just said well that's okay

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well that's okay Charlie that was all right good Charlie that was all right good job when Charlie thinks to himself well

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job when Charlie thinks to himself well [ __ ] I did do a pretty good [ __ ] I did do a pretty good job end of story no

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bird that to me is an absolute tragedy but that's just what the world tragedy but that's just what the world wants

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wants now people wonder why jazz is dying I tell you man and every Starbucks Jazz album just proves my point

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Jazz album just proves my point really there are no two words in the really there are no two words in the English language more

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English language more harmful than good job but is there a line you know maybe you go too far and

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line you know maybe you go too far and you discourage the next Charlie Parker you discourage the next Charlie Parker from ever becoming Charlie

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from ever becoming Charlie Parker no man no because the next Parker no man no because the next Charlie Parker would never be

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Charlie Parker would never be discouraged yeah the truth is Andrew I never really had a Charley

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Parker but I tried I actually [ __ ] tried and tried I actually [ __ ] tried and that's more than most people ever do and

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that's more than most people ever do and I will never I will never apologize for how I tried

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There Are No Two Words More Harmful Than Good Job

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