MJF's Interview with
SAL CRACCHIOLO
Artists Who Influenced
Booker Little
“My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content, on what might be termed humanity in music and the freedom to say all that you want.” - Booker Little
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
Dizzy Gillespie
"The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play." - Dizzy Gillespie
Bill Evans
"Intuition has to lead knowledge, but it can't be out there alone." - Bill Evans
John Coltrane
"When there's something we think could be better, we must make an effort." - John Coltrane
Freddie Hubbard
"You don't realize at first when you listen to Armstrong's records how great this man was and how hard that Hot Five music was to play. After the experience of reading and playing those parts, I have an even greater respect for Louis Armstrong than before." - Freddie Hubbard
Louis Armstrong
“Never play anything the same way twice.” - Louis Armstrong
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