“I like the players tone, for example with Paul Desmond he has this lyrical "cool" sound, almost like it's a misty breeze, and to me that's a sound I would like to emulate. So playing through a solo while listening to the recording gives me hands in and ears on experience on how to emulate that type of sound for whenever I want to sound more smooth or lyrical. Jazz is a language, and if you don't know the language you can't really solo, so whenever I see or hear a cool line, a cool solo I want to take it for myself, reinvent it, and add my own flare into it you know?” - Topher