MJF's Interview with
GREG ABATE
Artists Who Influenced
Benny Carter
“At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I have too much unfinished work to spend even a minute talking about myself.” - Benny Carter
Charlie Mariano
"I work with classical musicians from India, but I also work with jazz musicians from India, playing like Americans. I don't hear any difference. Music is music." - Charlie Mariano
Paul Desmond
“The qualities in music which I considered most important -- and still do -- were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity.” - Paul Desmond
Phil Woods
"I was put on the planet to be a musician, primarily as an alto player." - Phil Woods
Cannonball Adderley
"A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!" - Cannonball Adderley
Sonny Stitt
"I like everybody. I have no grievance, and no complaints." - Sonny Stitt
Charlie Parker
"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." - Charlie Parker
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