A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

- David Amram

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, al…

- David Amram

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still han…

- David Amram

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a chan…

- David Amram

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

- David Amram

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

- David Amram

Today's trend ends up in tomorrow's landfill.

- David Amram

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

- David Amram

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing, and then you play so…

- David Amram