winston marsalis calls him the genius of the modern piano.ll become known as the school of markets roberts. he received a degree from the juilliard school. i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome, professor. you are professor of jazz at florida state. >> it has been about 10 years now. >> we talked about the transfer you are making to academia. are the students interested in jazz? >> it is a funny thing. there is a set of them who seem to want to get into it. you can identify them by their attitude, the discipline in the amount of work they are willing to do. they come in. honestly, even though i am in the classroom, i have trained people all my life. getting them all in the room. we work on the communicating crucibles -- principles of just three people have to listen to each other and reconcile the oppositions of life. >> how has your music changed over the years? >> it has broadened. i think in order to influence people, you have to come -- if you are brighter, you want to read a lot of books -- a writer you want to read a lot

the billy joel -- and since we are writing about me which i like, i have had done a set with winston marsalis. both apparently have lost my cell phone number. [laughter] and when i saw mr. marsalis recently, i said, as people my age do, call, you don't write, i don't hear from you. and i was going to be a studio musician growing up in l.a. and it turned out much to my disappointment and chagrined editor but in l.a. -- was a better musician than i was. i still do it as an application. i do it to the to i enjoyed a lot of taking the video course which is very instructive. and playing a little tiny bit as your talk about of classical music slowly to i will make it very hard for you ever did what that sounds like. >> it's on youtube. [applause] >> more from the recent washington ideas forum, an interview with peter teal. this is 20 minutes. >> thank you. thank you for joining us. we have a very tough bind and a lot of ground to cover. you created -- you created a lot of controversy that the rate of innovation is slowing down. have you substantiate that? is this an assessment based on data or impr

whole billy joel and since were bragging about me in which i like, i've also set in twice with winston marsalis. both apparently have lost my cell phone number. [laughter] because, and when i saw mr. marsalis recently, i said, as people my age do, call, you don't write, i don't hear from you anymore. and i was going to be a studio musician growing up in l.a. and it turned out much to my disappointment and chagrin that everybody in l.a. was a better musician than i was. i still do it as an application. -- avocation. i do it to the to i enjoyed a lot of taking the video course which is very instructive. and playing a little tiny bit as you were talking about of classical music slowly to i will make it very hard for you ever did what that sounds like. >> it's on youtube. [applause] >> more from the recent washington ideas for him. an interview with paypal cofounder. mrs. 20 minutes. >> thank you, peter, for joining us. we will move briskly and we have a lot of ground to cover. let me put it to you directly. you have created controversy with your claim that innovation is slowing down. is this an as