American - Musician | October 13, 1927 -
I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane.
Lee Konitz
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After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way.
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We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.
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Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another.
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Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
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I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically.
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I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.
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As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.
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You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.
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It's very demanding to make up your own music.
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Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz.
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Sound is the first thing that we tune into.
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