As far as the people that have inspired me, they're the people that I have played with the most. For example, the record that I made called Virtue, there was a wonderful band and a wonderful drummer by the name… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire me are the people I play with. — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
I grew up in Kansas City from when I was about two years old to my mid-teens. Kansas City at the time was an… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
My dad would play me all of these records: Miles Davis records, John Coltrane records, Bill Evans records, a lot of jazz records. My… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
I had an opportunity to start going around the world when I was about 18 years old. So, I did. That's one of the… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
Basically, my mother is a piano teacher, and she actually teaches piano at Yamaha School of Music today. She's a really, really amazing human… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started. — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
I started playing classical music, and I still do. I think music ultimately is kind of on a theoretical level, is about collecting and… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
As far as the people that have inspired me, they're the people that I have played with the most. For example, the record that… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing. — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
My dad, was, by trade, he had a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He's a huge, huge jazz fan. He used to travel all the… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
Music is a thing where, the more vocabulary you gather, the more you can express yourself. — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
"Jazz" to begin with, is a really bad word... all the true musicians that really play jazz, jazz is the worst word for it.… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
