MJF's Interview with
WAYNE SHORTER
Artists Who Influenced
Igor Stravinsky
“Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody’s piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.” - Igor Stravinsky
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes." - Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Art Tatum
"You have to practice improvisation, let no one kid you about it!" - Art Tatum
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
Recommended Recordings
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