Alon Marcus Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 A simple game, each time someone will post a quote of a famous jazz musician and we will guess who might have said it. You are all invited to post your guesses and quotes too, but just to keep it orderly let's do it a one at a time. No new quotes untill the recent one is solved. I'll start, guess who said the next about Don Cherry? Don is a very individual musician. For a time I had the tendency to lump Don and Ornette together. But now I've discovered that Don is a musician in his own right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted December 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 (edited) That was fast! You are right David. Edit: David chose to erase his post but his answer was Sonny Rollins. Next one You have really to play your instrument to escape from notes and sound Edited February 21, 2005 by Alon Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Albert Ayler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Here is another pearl of wisdom for you to figure out: "Charlie Parker would squeak a lot, and that's why they called him Bird, because his reed would chirp. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted December 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Albert Ayler That's right! Now let's go with John B's quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Johnson Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Kenneth Gorelick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Kenneth Gorelick! correct! (your guess, that is. Not the content of his quote.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 "Man, get the f*%# off the stage!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Here is another pearl of wisdom for you to figure out: "Charlie Parker would squeak a lot, and that's why they called him Bird, because his reed would chirp. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 "Man, get the f*%# off the stage!" George Bush to John Kerry during the first Presidential Debate??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 A simple game, each time someone will post a quote of a famous jazz musician and we will guess who might have said it. You are all invited to post your guesses and quotes too, but just to keep it orderly let's do it a one at a time. No new quotes untill the recent one is solved. I'll start, guess who said the next about Don Cherry? Don is a very individual musician. For a time I had the tendency to lump Don and Ornette together. But now I've discovered that Don is a musician in his own right. Actually I've said it a few times but I'm sure I'm not the answer you were looking for ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 "Man, get the f*%# off the stage!" Miles to Wynton Marsalis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 "Man, get the f*%# off the stage!" Miles to Wynton Marsalis? Ding ding ding! A free month's worth of fast food and porn-surfing to Mr. Catesta. B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maren Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Who told THIS story? "I had a wonderful time, talking to Chet [baker] -- I was there when he first played with Gerry Mulligan, who asked would I consider giving his wife piano lessons? Well, you know the answer to that. Chet was striking looking. That was the era of James Dean, you know. When I came off the bandstand, Chet wanted me to talk to someone who had just come in. 'I'm the greatest writer in America,' this fellow told me. And I was a big 23, so I said, 'I'm the greatest pianist in America.' Then I went up again to play, and when I came off, Jack Kerouac said, 'Well, you are!' And he gave me a manuscript and a wonderful walking stick." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Cecil Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 "Man, get the f*%# off the stage!" Miles to Wynton Marsalis? Ding ding ding! A free month's worth of fast food and porn-surfing to Mr. Catesta. B-) Starting............., NOW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 My turn.... “I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maren Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 (edited) "...Chet was striking looking. That was the era of James Dean, you know. When I came off the bandstand, Chet wanted me to talk to someone who had just come in. 'I'm the greatest writer in America,' this fellow told me. And I was a big 23, so I said, 'I'm the greatest pianist in America.' Then I went up again to play, and when I came off, Jack Kerouac said, 'Well, you are!' And he gave me a manuscript and a wonderful walking stick." Cecil Taylor But of course!!! Edited December 27, 2004 by maren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 My turn.... “I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.” Helge Schneider! uhm... that ain't right is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maren Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 My turn.... “I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.” Paul Desmond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 My turn.... “I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.” Paul Desmond. Right on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Right on! James Brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted December 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Right on! James Brown? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted December 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Try this one I treated Charlie Parker as some kind of musical god. As far as the music being difficult, I never thought about it. It just seemed like sounds I never heard before and I knew I'd never hear again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Johnson Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Try this one I treated Charlie Parker as some kind of musical god. As far as the music being difficult, I never thought about it. It just seemed like sounds I never heard before and I knew I'd never hear again. Wild-ass guess: Lou Donaldson -or- John Coltrane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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