There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language.
Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work. - Steve Lacy
Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.
- Steve Lacy
Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with. - Steve Lacy
Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.
The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with… - Steve Lacy
The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with…
If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than tha… - Steve Lacy
If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than tha…
It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing. - Steve Lacy
It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.
The potential for the saxophone is unlimited. - Steve Lacy
The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.
Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk. - Steve Lacy
Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk.
I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed. - Steve Lacy
I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.
A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedi… - Steve Lacy
A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedi…
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