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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz Quotes
Coming to jazz early, late, or not much at all.
This set is candidly mixed on jazz - one voice regrets missing it young and finding it intimidating later, another admits to just not being a big fan. See Blues quotes for a closely related genre.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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What basketball expresses is what jazz expresses. Certain cultural predispositions to make art. All African-American art has a substratum, or baseline, of improvisation and spontaneity. You find that in both basketball and jazz.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first met Miles Davis about 1947 and played a few jobs with him and Sonny Rollins at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. During this period, he was coming into his own, and I could see him extending the boundaries of jazz even further.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mostly listen to very popular songs. But I'm a huge fan of Stevie Wonder, and I love jazz - Glenn Fredly, Diah Lestari - so 80% jazz, 20% mixed with everything - disco, hip hop.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Y'know, I don't like jazz much. I'll put it on once in a while and listen, and I'll appreciate it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe.
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I got my first set of drums when I was around 3. I went from band to marching band to Latin jazz band - it's like riding a bike.
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I grew up in a jazz household. They made me listen to jazz before I could hear my Motown.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.
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Yes, I have been studying piano since I was six. Classical, jazz, compositional, Broadway, everything. I just love it all.
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- Nov 07, 2020