"My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet."

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Once I had the band, Jason [Moran] and John [Patitucci] and Eric [Harland] - it's very exciting to have that trio of just world-class guys - I already knew it was going to be fantastic. I didn't really tell them anything about it. They didn't know what they were going to play beforehand.

— Jose James