Gary Burton Quotes

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• Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We…
• I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.
• It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
• It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps…
• But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression thats possible…
• I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.
• I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.
• I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords,…
• I think I always have been someone who likes to push at the edges of things, looking for something different.
• I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I…
• I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the…
• Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare…
• There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one is the starting…
• Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.
• I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play.

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