- Improvisation
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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
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I play live in restaurants and cafes, I don't play my own stuff. I play jazz and 'American Songbook' standards, and I'll fuse it with top 40.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.
- Pianist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a pianist - I studied jazz piano in college.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians.
- Players
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- Nov 07, 2020