The Thing To Judge In Any Jazz

Birth Of The Cool' Became A Collector's Item, I Think, Out Of A Reaction To Bird And Dizzy's Music. Bird And Diz Played This Hip, Real Fast Thing, And If You Weren't A Fast Listener, You Couldn't Catch The Humor Or The Feeling In Their Music. Their Musical Sound Wasn't Sweet, And It Didn't Have Harmonic Lines That You Could Easily Hum Out On The Street With Your Girlfriend Trying To Get Over With A Kiss.

You Know Why I Quit Playing Ballads? Cause I Love Playing Ballads.

Do Not Be Afraid Of Errors. There Are No Errors.

It Takes You Years To Learn How To Play Like Yourself.

Jazz Is An Uncle Tom Word. They Should Stop Using That Word For Selling. I Told George Wein The Other Day That He Should Stop Using It.