People have their own interests and they want to play a certain kind of music. People want to play in orchestras. They want to play on Broadway. Those that want to play traditional jazz and have no interests in the ideas of improvisation. So in spit of the fact that there are fifty violin players, you might only narrow it down to ten and within those ten, there might only be three who have the right kind of background and credentials to deal with what you need to deal with. Everybody's got their own special thing that they are after and a lot of times you don't have time to be training people.
That is why we have the polio vaccine. People are blazing their own trial. That is what seems to be important. I don't care to follow and to do what … - Henry Threadgill
That is why we have the polio vaccine. People are blazing their own trial. That is what seems to be important. I don't care to follow and to do what …
- Henry Threadgill
People have their own interests and they want to play a certain kind of music. People want to play in orchestras. They want to play on Broadway. Thos… - Henry Threadgill
People have their own interests and they want to play a certain kind of music. People want to play in orchestras. They want to play on Broadway. Thos…
Art leaves something to the listener; that's what separates art from craft. - Henry Threadgill
Art leaves something to the listener; that's what separates art from craft.
If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation. - Henry Threadgill
If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation.
Music should go right through you, leave some of itself inside you, and take some of you with it when it leaves. - Henry Threadgill
Music should go right through you, leave some of itself inside you, and take some of you with it when it leaves.
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