Category: Quotes – Music
“These jazz musicians – they walk so close to the edge, sometimes they fall off.”
— Bouncer at a New York jazz club after telling us that the scheduled band for the night didn’t show up. New York, 26 July 2016. Continue reading “These jazz musicians – they walk so close to the edge, sometimes they fall off.”
” The best revenge is massive success.” — Frank Sinatra
” The best revenge is massive success.” — Frank Sinatra Continue reading ” The best revenge is massive success.” — Frank Sinatra
“Style is whatever you do, if you can do it with confidence.” — George Clinton
“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” Hector Berlioz
The hidden secret in every great solo!
Behind one line of a great solo lies the weight of thousands of hours of practice. Years of listening. Dozens of transcribed solos. Decades of private instruction. Tough lessons picked up in jam sessions and revelations passed on by mentors. …all in just a dozen notes. jazzadvise.com Continue reading The hidden secret in every great solo!
Hmm, nobody likes jazz that much. Even the guy playing it had to take drugs — Bart Simpson.
Hmm, nobody likes jazz that much. Even the guy playing it had to take drugs — Bart Simpson. d.c.k. Continue reading Hmm, nobody likes jazz that much. Even the guy playing it had to take drugs — Bart Simpson.
“Ahhh – those jazz guys are just makin’ that stuff up!” — Homer Simpson
“Practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent.”
“Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow” — George Clinton
Trombone players…
Talk to a trombonist during a break & he’ll ask you for a gig, try to sell you insurance or offer to mow your lawn. Continue reading Trombone players…
Two guys walking down the street…
Two guys walking down the street, one is a Jazz musician. The other guy is also broke. d.c.k. Continue reading Two guys walking down the street…
“There are 2 kinds of music: The good kind and the other kind. ” – Duke Ellington
Sunday quote: “Buy Music, create Music, or be Music.”
My adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s quote about art: “buy art, create art, or be art.” d.c.k. Continue reading Sunday quote: “Buy Music, create Music, or be Music.”
“Simplicity is a most complex form” — Duke Ellington
“What is Jazz? If you have to ask, you will never know!” — Louis Armstrong
“Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.”
“True freedom ultimately exists in well-defined structure.”
— Quincy Jones. d.c.k Continue reading “True freedom ultimately exists in well-defined structure.”
Murphy’s Law of Recording:
“Anything that can sound different, will.” Anonymous d.c.k. Continue reading Murphy’s Law of Recording:
Bull-Shxxxer, Duke Ellington
“To be a great bull-shitter is great, but to be a great bull-shitter and wear a diffusing veneer over the bullshit is the ultimate”. Duke Ellington, March 1967. d.c.k. Continue reading Bull-Shxxxer, Duke Ellington
Daniel Kölsch - Saxophones, Clarinet & Flute 