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 …
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.
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…
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…
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 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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