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My influences have been what I call my four Bs – the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.

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Pittsburgh is a very hard city, especially if you’re black.

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I don’t look at our society today too much. My focus is still in the past, and part of the reason is because what I do – the wellspring of art, or what I do – l get from the blues. So I listen to the music of a particular period that I’m working on, and I think inside the music is clues to what is happening with the people.

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April 21, 2024

I don’t look at our society today too much. My focus is still in the past, and part of the reason is because what I do – the wellspring of art, or what I do – l get from the blues. So I listen to the music of a particular period that I’m working on, and I think inside the music is clues to what is happening with the people.

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April 21, 2024

Pittsburgh is a very hard city, especially if you’re black.

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