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 out of me trying to address something that I saw in my everyday life in my neighborhood - trying to develop that and refine that and excavate exactly what that was in a way that, when I communicated it, it was palpable and easily read. That started really early. Why it started was from something that I was really angry about.
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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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