YOUR QUESTION:

11/01/2021 Tuk

Do you still practice/play the Clarinet? It is a very interesting instrument because of the dif temperaments. Also, do you think the genius of people like Jaco, Patton, Mingus, etc.is somewhat of a curse?. Meaning difficult to live in normie world because of very few people like you for them to work/relate to (at that level). . .

MY ANSWER:

I very rarely practice the clarinet, but sometimes I bust it out and recently recorded with it. I still love the sound of that instrument.

“Genius” is a difficult word. I shy away from using it. But yes, it’s difficult for people with a certain level of fame, and therefor expectation, to maintain their own personalities. Some of those people develop trust issues, some have imposter syndrome. They are certainly not infallible. And sometimes they make it hard on themselves by being control freaks. That doesn’t take away from what they have to offer musically, necessarily. I think many musicians chose music in order to not dwell in a normie world.