"The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such……" — Albert Murray
"The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such that a truly competent performer must be prepared to function as an on-the-spot composer who is expected to contribute to the orchestration in progress, not simply to execute the score as it is written and rehearsed."
—
Albert Murray
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
11 Quotes by Albert Murray
Albert Murray has 11 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
The United States is not a nation of black and white people. Any fool can see that white people are…
-
I am not an African. I am an American.
-
When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the…
-
The blues is not the creation of a crushed-spirited people. It is the product of a forward-looking, upward-striving people.
-
As any competent student of literary composition knows, the more natural and casual a voice sounds in print, the more…
-
Effective stream-of-consciousness narration is the product of verbal precision, not just of literal documentation. It is decidedly not a matter…
-
Now, one can often get away with playing music by ear when it is not being recorded, but writing is…
-
Jazz music, as is also the case with the old down-home spirituals, gospel and jubilee songs, jumps, shouts and moans,…
-
A jazz tune, melody, or composition is usually based on either a traditional twelve-bar, eight-bar, or four-bar blues chorus or…
-
The juke joint, the honky tonk, and the ballroom also represent one more thing, anthropologically speaking: a ceremonial context for…
See all 11 quotes by Albert Murray »
More Competent Quotes
This quote is filed under Competent Quotes,
one of 226 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural…
— David Attenborough
-
There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial…
— Russell Baker
-
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
— Benazir Bhutto
-
But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their…
— Joe Biden
-
I have seen good nurses and bad nurses. They existed along a continuum: from hard-working, kind and competent people, to…
— Jo Brand
-
A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the…
— Harry Browne
-
It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
— Harry Browne
-
Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
— Alice Miller
-
If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is…
— George Gaylord Simpson
-
Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily.
— Dan Savage
-
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle…
— Laozi
-
You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!
— Bela Karolyi
See all 226 Competent Quotes »