English - Musician | March 21, 1918 -
I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.
Marian McPartland
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I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can.
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I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.
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Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.
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My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.
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So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else.
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I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.
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I like minor tunes.
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That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.
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There are a million good tunes.
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By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.
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Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened, but a few years ago they suddenly went bankrupt and Gibson bought the whole outfit. Since then they haven't seemed to be doing an awfully good job of providing pianos.
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