- 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
- American Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
We grew up with musicians coming over jamming. We had tons of instruments. So holidays were always like, 50 people would come over, and there would be a jam session with everyone playing jazz.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020