"I have been playing jazz for more than forty years. Today, I find that the best state of mind to be in when I sit down at the piano is 'let's see what happens'. I have discovered that jazz is not nearly as much about playing what you know, but musically going to those places you have never been before. When I first started out, it was scary to think this way -- but with experience, I have become very comfortable with the freedom that comes from simply...