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Jazz Quotes by Pete La Roca
- What I love about Sonny's playing is that he is so inventive within the mainstream Jazz vernacular. Because he knows so many ways to deal…
- I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent in a great…
- Free music is in a constant state of surprise and, consequently, presents no surprise at all. So, I'm not really a fan of Free music.…
- Fusion has been my nemesis.
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- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong
- It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
- I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat,… — Travis Barker