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JC: How do you see the music business changing in the next five years?
JC: Is there any music in particular that inspires you? MARDIN: I’m a true jazz fan – of the actual, real jazz. Also I’m a fan of extremely modern music-- 20th century music, all kinds of dissonances. I love that. At the same time, I work with people like Willie Nelson, because that’s honest American music. My tastes go from one end to the other, and I love every aspect of it. JC: Do you have certain recordings that you prize above all others? MARDIN: Yes, I do, I do. Some of the Aretha Franklin records; some of my arrangements. Chaka Khan, especially “I Feel For You” and “A Night In Tunisia.” Bette Midler, “Wind Beneath My Wings.’’ The list goes on, I guess… In the case of Arif Mardin, how can it not?
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