“Music needs the juxtaposition of opposites to achieve its drama, so harshness and dissonance are simply part of the material a musician can use to create a musical work. All one thing is a bore - all dissonance, or all fatuous consonance. George Winston and Guns and Roses are two sides of the same worthless coin in my esthetic world.” WorldNeedsTwoUseSidesMusicOne ThingAchieveMaterialsDramaMusicianGunOppositesRoseJazzMusicalBoresCoinsWorthlessJazz MusicTwo SidesDissonanceJuxtapositionHarshnessConsonance Author:Chuck Israels
“Everything-everything-was communicated through the sound of the music. There were no other signals of any kind ever-no count-offs, head nods, spoken instructions...nothing.” KindSoundMusicJazzInstructionSignalsJazz Music Author:Chuck Israels
