My mom was a musician, and my dad had this passion for music. That's kind of how a lot of their relationship was built. When I came around, I was constantly exposed to music. — 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
