We’re not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
I don’t believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.
The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn’t be able to do that.
Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear.
He’s not a performer, he’s not a composer, he’s not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.
Some players get very philosophical and cerebral about Jazz. You don’t need any prologues, you just play.
I don’t do something because I think it’ll sell 30 million albums. I couldn’t care less if it sells just one.
I dont do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldnt care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
I have no one style.
I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
I play as I feel.
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. I have no one style. I play as I feel.
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what theyre trying to say with jazz. You dont need any prologues, you just play. If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
Its the group sound thats important, even when youre playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. Thats jazz.
You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That’s jazz.
