No matter what, you never talked about the music on the bandstand or the gig for that matter. It can ruin a gig. You’re crazy when you’re on the bandstand, vulnerable, without defenses. Tempers can […]
Category: very occasional quote of the day
Very occasional quote of the day: technique and improvised music
When it comes to “technique” I don’t just want fast hands, I want fast ears! In improvised music you have to compute and consider what you’ve heard and make a decision instantaneously. Your technique, or […]
Very occasional quote of the day: how you learn how
“You have to understand, as a filmmaker, I didn’t really know how to make The Godfather. I learned how to make The Godfather making it.” – Francis Ford Coppola [h/t to Dean Frey]
Very occasional quote of the day: art state
“The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in the wonderful state that makes art inevitable.” – Robert Henri, The Art Spirit
Very occasional quote of the day: mistake
“Make a mistake and make it loud.” – Art Blakey, 1978 Modern Drummer interview with Howard Howland
Very occasional quote of the day: now
“I defy any painter to say ‘Now I can paint a picture!’ A master is a man who can, to be sure, but he never knows from one picture to the next whether the […]
Very occasional quote of the day: Max fast – 02
SF: Some of the tempos that you play are lightning fast. MR: That’s done through combinations though! No one limb is overworking. There’s a way that it works itself out so that all the weight […]
Very occasional quote of the day: time and feathering
“[T]here are certain things that will never change. Good time is good time, whether it’s Baby Dodds riding on a snare drum or Jack DeJohnette slammin’ a full kit. Time is time whether you put […]
Very occasional quote of the day: one way
“I’m one of the cats that used to start them playing like lightning. We used to play like lightning all night long up at Minton’s sometimes. I got tired playing fast all the time. You […]
Very occasional quote of the day: improving time
“I think the best way to improve your time, is to play with musicians that have good time. Getting the feeling for how its supposed to be and working on it will improve time. But […]
Very occasional quote of the day: technique
What if you think of something to play that doesn’t have a standard technique? That’s what jazz cats have been doing since jazz was born. All of a sudden, you want to play something that […]
Very occasional quote of the day: epic
From Hal Galper on Facebook: “I’d heard a recording of an interview with Coleman Hawkins that stuck in my brain. He said you had to go to the city twice. The first time to learn […]