LA_MERC_MadMAX
March 26th, 2004, 11:07 PM
"The typical band officer is a man past middle life, spare, wrinkled, intelligent, cold, noncommittal, with eyes like a codfish, polite in contact, but at the same time unresponsive, cool, calm and as damnably composed as a concrete post or plaster of Paris cast; a human petrification with a heart of feldspar and without charm or the friendly germ; minus bowels, passions or a sense of humor. Happily they never reproduce and all of them finally go to hell."
- Gen George S. Patton, Jr.-
"Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny."
- Frank Zappa-
"We never play anything the same way once."
- Shelly Manne-
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."
-Miles Davis-
"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."
-Duke Ellington-
"Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains."
-John Philip Sousa-
"There is no such thing as a wrong note."
-Art Tatum-
"There are no wrong notes. Only poor choices."
-Jamey Aebersold_
"The boppers flat their fifths. We consume ours."
-Eddie Condon-
"I was very happy and secure until I went into the army. Then I started to feel there was something I should know that I didn't know."
-Bill Evans-
"Are big bands coming back? Sure, every football season."
-Woody Herman-
I especially like Eddie Condon's quote :)
- Gen George S. Patton, Jr.-
"Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny."
- Frank Zappa-
"We never play anything the same way once."
- Shelly Manne-
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."
-Miles Davis-
"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."
-Duke Ellington-
"Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains."
-John Philip Sousa-
"There is no such thing as a wrong note."
-Art Tatum-
"There are no wrong notes. Only poor choices."
-Jamey Aebersold_
"The boppers flat their fifths. We consume ours."
-Eddie Condon-
"I was very happy and secure until I went into the army. Then I started to feel there was something I should know that I didn't know."
-Bill Evans-
"Are big bands coming back? Sure, every football season."
-Woody Herman-
I especially like Eddie Condon's quote :)