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Music is a reservoir... of sounds.
Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it.
In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.
In nuclear war, all men are cremated equal.
The music scene is more competitive in the States.
Thelonius Monk was not exactly 'the guy next door'.
If you can't play the Blues you might as well hang it up.
In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.
I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.
If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.
Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).
What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.
Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.
To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.
Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.
A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on.
I like to play fast. I get excited, and I have to sort of control myself, restrain myself. But when the rhythm section gets cooking, I want to explode.
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.
It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also.
My grammar school graduating class in 1941 had a little party for 13 or 14 year-old kids. [Trumpeter] King Kolax's band played for the party and Gene Ammons was playing tenor saxophone with the band. And that's when I said, "That's it!" Just like that, tunnelvision ever since.
My father had played cornet, although I never saw him play it. I found his mouthpiece when I was a kid. I used to buzz it. And my mother played piano and sang in the church choir for different functions. So there was always music in the house, jazz, gospel, or whatever. Especially jazz records.