You have to know composition to be a good improviser.
If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that. - Roscoe Mitchell
If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.
- Roscoe Mitchell
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can… - Roscoe Mitchell
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can…
I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations. - Roscoe Mitchell
I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.
I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies wi… - Roscoe Mitchell
I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies wi…
I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance. - Roscoe Mitchell
I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.
You have to know composition to be a good improviser. - Roscoe Mitchell
I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS wh… - Roscoe Mitchell
I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS wh…
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing. - Roscoe Mitchell
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.
I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing. - Roscoe Mitchell
I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.
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