Alon Marcus Posted December 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Lester Bowie - Correct. Anybody who has an interesting quote is invited to be the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 (edited) Not colorful but interesting: " A lot of people consider Chan to be Bird's wife, but I consider that to be Doris. I knew her as Bird's wife. She came over here all the time." (responding to the controversy over whether Chan or Doris's wishes should have been followed per-Bird's funeral) Edited December 31, 2004 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted December 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 My guess: Miles or Dizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 wrong answer; right generation - I will hint: said by a bass player. This is a tricky one, I'll admit - he ceased being active on the jazz scene after the 1960s, and is now dead - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted December 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Tommy Potter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 That's it - Tommy was a great bassist and nice man - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted December 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 (edited) This is why I made such a good guess! Edited December 31, 2004 by ztrauq22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 I'm sure this one will be easy. “I’m all in favor of getting grants for musicians. Or any other good brand of Scotch.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Eddie Condon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Not Eddie Condon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted January 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 I'm sure this one will be easy. “I’m all in favor of getting grants for musicians. Or any other good brand of Scotch.” Pepper Adams! It wasn't that easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Pepper Adams it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Another... You’ve got to want to die for the motherf**ker!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted January 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Another... You’ve got to want to die for the motherf**ker!” It was Elvin Jones talking about John Coltrane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Yep. One of my favorite all time quotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 From liner notes I read recently: "Bop is nothin' but the riffs they used to play behind the singers – only the boppers played them out front!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 after swingin swede's try this one: "I've never found it an advantage to be a girl. If a trumpet player is wanted for a job and somebody suggests me, they'll say 'What, a chick?' and put me down without even hearing me. I don't want to be a girl musician. I just want to be a musician." B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Hint time: It's a famous singer who sang with a famous band, but also had a career afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Not Anita O'Day. Second hint: Our singer started out as a pianist, and only, when once asked to sing a song, reluctantly did it. The response made our person a singer for the rest of the career. Although the singer can be seen (but not heard!) playing another instrument in a 'video' with the famous band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Carmen Mcrae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Not Carmen McRae and not Sarah Vaughan as someone posted but deleted. With three female singers suggested I think it's time to give another hint: It's a male singer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Not Carmen McRae and not Sarah Vaughan as someone posted but deleted. With three female singers suggested I think it's time to give another hint: It's a male singer. Billy Eckstine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Not Billy Eckstine, but it's getting closer. Come on guys, you can solve this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Buddy Greco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Cab Calloway? It sounds like the kind of derogatory comment he'd make about bop. If not him, maybe Louis. He wasn't big on bop either. Didn't he call it "chinese music." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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