MJF's Interview with
JOHN PATITUCCI
Artists Who Influenced
Ray Brown
"Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live." - Ray Brown
Oscar Pettiford
"Oscar contended that the importance of the American Indian to jazz has been underestimated if not completely overlooked. He maintained that the 4/4 tempo, which after all is the basic beat of jazz, came directly from the American Indian; that, though it existed in European music, it was not used in the same way; and that African rhythms, supposedly the important ingredient, were of very different rhythmic nature." - Jacqueline Pettiford
Ron Carter
"I've always treated each recording as a free lesson on how to organize the music, how to get the most out of the musicians and learning various ways of recording the instruments, so each session was important." - Ron Carter
Jimmy Blanton
In autumn 1939, the twenty-one year old Blanton started playing on a regular basis at the Coronado Hotel Ballroom in St. Louis. According to Miles Davis, Blanton sat in one night with Davis during his stint with the Blue Devils, the house band at the Rhumboogie Club. It was on this night that Duke Ellington, in town for a concert, stopped by and impressed by the abilities of the young musician, signed Blanton immediately. - Allaboutjazz.com
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