I always like to think I build in historically accurate musical in-jokes that are so precise that like maybe there's 7 or 8 people in the world watch….
All of the musical projects that I am involved with are near and dear to my heart and allow me in a small way to make a contribution to the world of ….
Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now..
Many of my lyrics are about having sex with prostitutes..
Has anybody seen my tambourine?.
What is best in music is not to be found in the notes..
I don't offend anyone, I don't use anyone, I don't exploit anyone..
I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks.
Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz musicians had got their training by joining the Ai….
Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a very gifted ….
I saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said, don't look back, you can never look back..
The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depend….
I blow my own mind like Nirvana, and go the whole nine like Madonna..
For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations of his emotions; he is called upon to make them speak, wee….
Not everything that is legal is reputable..
Never build yourself up by tearing another down..
I just don't like being told what to do..
I never take myself too seriously..
Imitate, assimilate, and innovate..
Dave Rocha is a mature and eminently musical improviser. His sumptuous tone and cafefully chosen notes embody real musical thought. His performance o….
I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser..