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Jazz Quotes by Roscoe Mitchell
- I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.
- If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.
- You have to know composition to be a good improviser.
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