All Joseph Jarman Quotes
- People call to keep me abreast of what's going on. Abreast
- Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything. Consider
- So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that… Accepted
- I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone. Been
- I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound of the universe,… African
- In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a… Been
- It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble. Art
- Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty… Affinity
- People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time. Difficult
- The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's been happening. Been
- We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that. Art
- Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall. Dojo
- You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all. All
- When Christopher and Charles passed away, I was completely depressed, I felt rejected and real down, and so Roscoe invited me because he had this… Charles
- Well, remember that we were all members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Advancement
- Well, by the end of the millennium, five, six months from now, we hope to somehow manage to move into a new location where we… Activities
- Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression. Expression
- But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and I keep in contact and sort of follow what's going… Art
- I hadn't been practicing or playing or anything. But that had been a vital part of my life. Been
- So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with. All
- So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was… Buddhist
- You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one musician from that category was even thought of. Even thought… Atlantic