Quotes by Vibraphonist of the Authors - Page 1

Every ‘mistake’ is an opportunity in jazz.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Opportunity
Jazz
Mistake
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Italy has great food and Barcelona has great energy
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Barcelona
Energy
Great Food
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Italy has great food and Barcelona has great energy.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Barcelona
Italy
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I don't really see huge barriers between any styles of music.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Barriers
Huge
Style
Styles
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Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Influence
Miles
Way
Davis
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It's about being here in the moment, accepting one another and allowing creativity to flow.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Creativity
Flow
Moments
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I'm a spa person. Massages keep me relaxed, so I always try to make time for them when I tour.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Making Time
Massage
Relaxed
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Time Me Always
Tour
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I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Elements
Essentials
Singers
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Essential Elements
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I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It's fresh and so open. It's definitely one of my favorite places.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Alive
Amsterdam
Cities
Favorite Places
Open
Favorite
City
Definitely
Fresh
Places
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I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Cities
Inner City
Listening
Soul
Wonder
Stevie
Inner
James
Soul Music
Stevie Wonder
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I think when you look back at the different eras in jazz, what leads from one to another is never a melodic revolution, but a rhythmic revolution.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Different
Revolution
Thinking
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If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Accents
Rhythm
Speak
Use
Way
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Instrument
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I don't really see huge barriers between any styles of music. My definition of music is "organizing sound and silence into emotion," and that's a very broad definition.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
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Silence
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Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I'm on the move. I'm not creative when I'm jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Home
Moving
Sleep
Family Home Me
Hotels
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Sleeping
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The bandstand is an incredible space. It is really a sacred space. One of the things that is really sacred about it is that you have no opportunity to think about the future, or the past.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
God
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Past
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What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
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Ambiguous
Jazz
Special
Standards
Thinking
Art Form
Lowered
Reflect
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I taught myself to read music at a very young age, so when I started to take lessons in school, the teachers used to give me other instruments to keep me busy, because I was more advanced than the other kids.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Kids
Teacher
Busy
Give Me
Instruments
Lessons
School
Young Age
Age Music Myself
Advanced
Teachers
Other Kids
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Ultimately, what we do as musicians, I think of us as a type of emotional engineer. We essential take these sound waves, this sound, and we organize it into emotion, and that's how we connect with our audiences.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Emotion
Emotional
Musician
Organize
Thinking
Audiences
Connect
Engineer
Essential
Musicians
Ultimately
Waves
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One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Adamant
Allowing
Inspired
Micromanaging
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Fully
Vested
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If I play the melody, even if I play it in an abstract manner, it's instantly recognizable. Even when I was studying to be a classical percussionist, I think I was a more lyrical percussionist; melody is the heart and soul of the music.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Heart
Soul
Thinking
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One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute. Our music is not about me; I contribute one part, one experience, and drummer Terreon Gully brings something completely different.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Different
Drummer
Inspired
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The way I look at music, what I'm interested in is not necessarily creativity - in many ways I think creativity is overrated, actually. What I think is important is authenticity. I want to hear music that has the resonance of the people. I want to hear music that is an amplification of them. Because then, I can experience the people. But because the music has become so institutionalized, everyone is learning and regurgitating the same material in the same way.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
Creativity
People
Thinking
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I think it all comes back to the individual. My instrument's just a pile of metal and wood! If you listen to the way I speak I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument that concept comes through very clearly. In fact some people who've seen me play have noticed that I'm singing - but it's more that I'm actually speaking. So it's not really about the instrument. But for me, in my thinking, the music is all about the melody. When I compose, 99 percent of the time I start with the melody.
Stefon Harris / Vibraphonist
People
Singing
Thinking
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