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"Allowing things to flow opens you up to a much greater experience, way beyond anything you can calculate or plan. And i...
10/13/2015

"Allowing things to flow opens you up to a much greater experience, way beyond anything you can calculate or plan.
And it couldn't be anything other than a power greater than myself. It's a very humbling and awesome experience to see it at work."
Photo Credit: Ezra Spurrier-Photography

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"People quite often say well, 'anybody can play the blues'... Yes, you can, anybody can do most anything but...would you...
05/16/2015

"People quite often say well, 'anybody can play the blues'... Yes, you can, anybody can do most anything but...would you like it? It's how you play it."

RIP BB King

"You discover over time that music can be overwhelming. Unless the musicians involved understand this they can lose audi...
04/30/2015

"You discover over time that music can be overwhelming. Unless the musicians involved understand this they can lose audiences. Spontaneity and improvisation are salient features but I also strive to make music that is peaceful. I want to make music that aids world peace in the same way that the people who shaped my development did."

Bennie Maupin

Photo Credit: Ezra Spurrier

“It’s like a lot of the students who are in school now, they don’t know about that music, because they just check out th...
03/31/2015

“It’s like a lot of the students who are in school now, they don’t know about that music, because they just check out the newfangled stuff that’s out there. But a lot of that stuff is missing the heart man… They need that engine, which was Art Blakey you know; Art Blakey was the swing – that’s the engine, the Soul of the music”
Jean Toussaint

For UK Vibe
http://ukvibe.org/interviews/jean-toussaint-2015/
Photo: Courtesy of Ben Amure

“Time signatures are just one way of doing things. It’s a recent method. It came from people who learned music by readin...
12/13/2014

“Time signatures are just one way of doing things. It’s a recent method. It came from people who learned music by reading music. They talk about time signatures because they learned to read in Western notation. Remember, there are cultures right now that don’t deal with that kind of stuff. I took my trumpet player to Cuba for the first time on September 10th, 2001, just one day before the World Trade Center stuff happened. He lived in an apartment right by the World Trade Center, so he was really fortunate. One of the things I told him when we went to Cuba was “Don’t ask these guys questions about time signatures or ‘Where’s the one?’ because there may not be any one.” He said “What do you mean by that? Of course there’s a one.” I said “There’s some music where there’s no one.” And he couldn’t accept that from me. So, he asked a Cuban percussionist we were working with through a translator “Where’s the one?” The guy said “Where do you want it?” [laughs] The trumpet player said “What do you mean?” The percussionist said “One can be wherever you imagine it. So, where do you want to put it?” The trumpet player looked at me in confusion and I said “I told you not to come down here and ask cats where’s the one!” [laughs]"

Steve Coleman Steve Coleman


Source: http://www.innerviews.org/inner/coleman.html

“Early copies of Stevie wonder’s classic album, ‘Talking Book, had a simple message written in braille: ‘Here is my musi...
12/03/2014

“Early copies of Stevie wonder’s classic album, ‘Talking Book, had a simple message written in braille: ‘Here is my music, it is all I have to tell you how I feel, know that your love keeps my love strong.’ This is by the way the first album I ever bought with my own money. I was ten years old, maybe 11. A musical prodigy with an electrifying voice, Stevie’s blend of R&B and jazz and funk and blues and soul and whatever else you got speaks of love and loss, justice and equality, war and peace.”

Barack Obama

"I’m a mother, I’m a singer, I’m a teacher, and I’m a sinner. I play my music in the sun.From old school RnB to Bossa No...
11/29/2014

"I’m a mother, I’m a singer, I’m a teacher, and I’m a sinner. I play my music in the sun.
From old school RnB to Bossa Nova and Jazz, these styles merge into one that, to me, feels good and natural.
I do not want to fit any stereotype or fashion, I just want to be me. Creating music is essential to my well being and I hope it brings you warmth and a bit of love.
I try to do it to the best of my ability as for us songwriters, recordings are our legacy."




Guida de Palma
www.guidadepalma.com"

"People started saying: 'you can't sing man, you're trying to fool us with your gimmicks...' So I said well, I'm just go...
11/13/2014

"People started saying: 'you can't sing man, you're trying to fool us with your gimmicks...' So I said well, I'm just gonna turn the whole thing around I'm gonna do a LOVE song with it and that's when we came out with the penetrating, syrupy jam 'Computer Love' !"

Roger Troutman

"From a young age I loved how you could make music based on your feelings or what mood you want to create. Jazz in parti...
11/12/2014

"From a young age I loved how you could make music based on your feelings or what mood you want to create. Jazz in particular allows you to improvise and create music for that moment. I love how a song might never be played the same way twice. It became a very therapeutic process for me and I find it amazing that this is now what I do as a career!"

YolanDa Brown

"Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Micha...
10/15/2014

"Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said."

Meshell Ndegeocello

"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be tha...
10/12/2014

"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music."

Billie Holiday



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