Coltrane Quote by Lee Konitz Download Open image “I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane.” — Lee Konitz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Coltrane Hear Many Somehow Things
Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration out of… — Wes Montgomery Copy Share Image
I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I've been listening to a lot of John Coltrane. I don't know if that would or wouldn't surprise anybody. I go through different phases… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that nobody understands what John Coltrane is doing except John Coltrane. And maybe not even him. So we're… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration. — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
The way so many musicians slavishly imitated Coltrane, that's the way it was with Charlie Parker - only even more so, if that can… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The result is… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time here, he… — Albert Ayler Copy Share Image
I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
My dad would play me all of these records: Miles Davis records, John Coltrane records, Bill Evans records, a lot of jazz records. My… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
I love music/sounds that have a passion, a fire, an energy I can connect with. I love angry sounding beat tracks, dark sounds for… — Mick Harris Copy Share Image
Listen to John Coltrane enough and after two bars, just two bars at any place, and you know that's him. We all have signature… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
John Coltrane is still probably one of the greatest musicians of this century. His tone truly puts demons on a leash. His gift is… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
When you're playing the part of a saxophone or a trumpet player, both of which I have done, it would be nice to be… — Stephen Rea Copy Share Image
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