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The standards matter, but discovering them is the fun part

One of the ballads on the [Easy Roller’s] album — called Maybe — is me trying to do that. When I first got a real book, a book of chords and lead sheets and jazz standards, I remember trying to learn God Bless the Child sketchily on the piano. Billie Holiday’s version is the defining one — she co-wrote it. Back when I was getting going, it was well-known artists like that — I guess that’s just where you start. I remember having a lot of Billie Holiday CDs in the house as a kid. The CDs would have been

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It’s all about story

Ever since about 14 or 15 I was in a teenage rock band, trying to be Muse while my cooler friends were trying to be the Arctic Monkeys. I’ve always

An anti-establishment energy

I think what’s fascinating with the early jazz era is that it’s always, to a certain extent, captured the public imagination. It’s such a strong aesthetic shorthand — when we

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I think I’ve written this before but Gomez were the first band I ever saw live – or at least that’s what

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