What we're doing now, is to try to eradicate the limited notion of how people are interacting with each other through hyper-racialized ideas. A lot of it deal with, as an example, genre. If I ask you to visualize a trap musician or a hip-hop musician, you'll see one thing. If I say visualize a western classical musician, you'll see a very different thing. A lot of how music is disseminated to us is hyper-racialized. It's not something that we think about all the time, but if you take a minute to look back, it's why you get this argument when there's a white rapper.
In New Orleans, you can pitch a rock and hit a great trumpeter. - Christian Scott
In New Orleans, you can pitch a rock and hit a great trumpeter.
- Christian Scott
People call what we do "stretch music." This is our style, and one of the newer, in vogue ways of playing creative, improvised music. It really grew … - Christian Scott
People call what we do "stretch music." This is our style, and one of the newer, in vogue ways of playing creative, improvised music. It really grew …
Anyone should be able to express themselves in any context. Obviously, there are arguments against appropriation, but it's one thing when someone is … - Christian Scott
Anyone should be able to express themselves in any context. Obviously, there are arguments against appropriation, but it's one thing when someone is …
What we're doing now, is to try to eradicate the limited notion of how people are interacting with each other through hyper-racialized ideas. A lot o… - Christian Scott
What we're doing now, is to try to eradicate the limited notion of how people are interacting with each other through hyper-racialized ideas. A lot o…
I liked trumpet because it's related to boxing, but also it has a capacity to create a different type of beauty. There are fight fans, people who wan… - Christian Scott
I liked trumpet because it's related to boxing, but also it has a capacity to create a different type of beauty. There are fight fans, people who wan…
The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really demanding: you have… - Christian Scott
The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really demanding: you have…
Creating an environment musically that shows that we all belong together is what I'm interested in doing, and that happened really early on. - Christian Scott
Creating an environment musically that shows that we all belong together is what I'm interested in doing, and that happened really early on.
I was a really good youth boxer, and I enjoyed the sport very much. Once I actually started to play the trumpet, it is very similar to boxing. Most o… - Christian Scott
I was a really good youth boxer, and I enjoyed the sport very much. Once I actually started to play the trumpet, it is very similar to boxing. Most o…
To me, trying to achieve the balance is when you become good: when you have enough technique to be able to play what is that you want, but also when … - Christian Scott
To me, trying to achieve the balance is when you become good: when you have enough technique to be able to play what is that you want, but also when …
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