Showing posts with label Pushing Boundaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pushing Boundaries. Show all posts
John McNeil Quotes
"If a [trumpet] player is operating at the far frontiers of his or her ability, pushing the envelope so to speak, it seems to me that a certain amount of failure is inevitable. Maybe even desirable." - John McNeil
Pat Metheny Quotes
"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz." - Pat Metheny
Dave Brubeck Quotes
"There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before." - Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck Quotes
"And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into." - Dave Brubeck
Charlie Parker Quotes
"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." - Charlie Parker
Branford Marsalis Quotes
"The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula." - Branford Marsalis
