When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now.
I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never… - Herbie Mann
I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never…
- Herbie Mann
As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising on the tenor… - Herbie Mann
As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising on the tenor…
I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years. - Herbie Mann
I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.
To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G. - Herbie Mann
To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.
The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you don't think positively, all t… - Herbie Mann
The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you don't think positively, all t…
Music allows the great opportunity to play with people you love. - Herbie Mann
Music allows the great opportunity to play with people you love.
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing. - Herbie Mann
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.
If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial. - Herbie Mann
If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial.
For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would … - Herbie Mann
For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would …
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