I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely rejected. I just don't see it as an idiomatic thing any more...To me, if jazz is anything, it's a process, and maybe a verb, but it's not a thing. It's a form that demands that you bring to it things athat are valuable to you, that are personal to you. That, for me, is a pretty serious distinction that doesn't have anything to do with blues, or swing, or any of these other things that tend to be listed as essentials in order for music to be jazz with a capital J.
Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways. - Pat Metheny
Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.
- Pat Metheny
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. - Pat Metheny
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice. - Pat Metheny
One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice.
My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener. - Pat Metheny
My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young - Pat Metheny
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young
Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence. - Pat Metheny
Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence.
I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times. - Pat Metheny
I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.
Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers. - Pat Metheny
Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers.
More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing. - Pat Metheny
More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.
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