Jan 22, 2019
Restraint
"Just because a jazz musician can, doesn't mean they should" - Cc!
Jan 20, 2019
Knowing
“...sooner or later you're going to realize just as I did that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
Jan 12, 2019
Yes & No
“You got to say yes until you can say no, and once you get the chance to say no then you should say no as often as you can”. - Rashid...
Jan 3, 2019
Technique
“Great Technique, however it may facilitate oneself on their instrument, can never replace expressional truth that comes from a place of...
Oct 21, 2018
Security, Cc!
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is...
Aug 7, 2018
Alchemy
“The alchemy of music never magically turns harmonic lead into a golden composition. You must create the precious metallic melodies...
Jul 30, 2018
Music on Music
Music on Music: An event begins with a concept expressed by the artist/musician to one or more receivers. This communication is...
Jul 24, 2018
21st Century
In the 21st century it’s hard to know if the musicians who are booking the very clubs they perform at, aren’t just the Jazz Police in...
Jul 21, 2018
Drum-of-Jazz
“Sometimes musicians who are in a perceived position of power and/or authority beat the drum-of-jazz-righteousness the most. Thinking...
Jul 13, 2018
Honest or Dishonest
“Your picking hands are simply vocal chord muscles. Your fretting hands are the honest or dishonest choices of a musical language by...