Paul Combs

Musican and Teacher

Paul Combs 3: The youngsters come and they hear it and they say “Oh, this is nice, man, you guys rock.” But getting them to come back. I suppose generational separation is something that’s always there, but it seems to be exacerbated these days. When I was coming up I played with older musicians, and then as I was getting a little bit older, younger musicians too. Even in jazz, the young jazzers don’t come and play with me. I wish they would. I used to seek out my elders. I sought them out. The youngsters aren’t doing that.