“Our nights didn't begin until after noon. Because in the old days, you'd start Birdland at 8:30 or 9 pm and play until 4 in the morning. Then you'd go out to the corner and talk to a couple of musicians - I used to talk to Oscar Pettiford a whole lot - you'd stand there till 7, 8 or 9, or else go down to the jam session at Minton's.” PlayWholeUsedNightMorningCoupleMusicianCornersOscarsSessionJamOld DaysNoonPms Author:Charles Mingus
“If Charlie Parker were a Gunslinger, There'd be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats” IfsWholeCharlieGunslingerCopycats Author:Charles Mingus
“I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic concepts. And those people are: Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Parker, who is the greatest genius of all to me because he changed the whole era around.” PeopleArtWholeYoungEnjoyMusicPlayerChangedGeniusConceptsJazzPatternsErasSwingsJazz MusicMaxBudDizzyRoachesLester Young Author:Charles Mingus
