Once I could play what I heard inside me, that’s when I was born.
I can play all I know in eight bars.
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.
Music is your experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.
You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.
Master your instrument, master the music and then forget all that and just play.
In Kansas City joints ran 9pm-5am. Pay was a $1.25 a night but somebody special like Count Basie could command $1.50.
The time is now.
I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That’s when I was born.
I kept thinking there’s bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn’t play it.
Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you dont live it, it wont come out of your horn. They teach you theres a boundary line to music. But, man, theres no boundary line to art.
If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.
They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.
It’s not all smoke and mirrors. Some of it comes from books.
I am a devout musician.
Don’t play the saxophone. Let it play you.
You’ve got to learn your instrument.
