Young...even compared to you!

This is a guy I went to Berklee with back in the late 80s, a.k.a. when most of you were born. He is probably 17 years old in this clip... it's how I remember him as he entered school. I was there to see Roy Hargrove play before he was the jazz superstar he is now. Aside from the obvious talent and skill, confidence has a lot to do with why he is headlining at the North Sea Jazz Festival before entering college. It's a trait most of the prodigies have... a fearless ability to just play without worrying about making a mistake. If you are worried (as I often am, hence the lack of the child prodigy moniker next to my name) you'll have the tendency to get hung up on stuff or sound ridiculously preconceived. You should try playing Bb blues with a B scale sometime, if you play it confidently it will sound cool. If you play it weak, it will sound lame. This is good practice, because it will show you that you can't really make a mistake playing jazz, everything is more or less good in context.