 He states that approaching this goal requires that one become a teacher of sorts by developing one's own approach to the musical language – not merely to imitate the melodic and harmonic statements of the established masters as a less mature student might be satisfied to do.Burnett's work around 2001, such as "Time Stamps", is significant for a melding of his more mature style of writing with his ability to place emphasis on both the improvisational and composition structural aspects of jazz music.He achieves this by giving each instrumentalist the inherent responsibilities and enough freedom to create musical content over rich harmonic and melodic compositional bedrock.