“When I arrived in New York I was definitely the worst player in town! It was just a measure of how far I had to go. It took years, while I was at Juilliard I worked different weekends with different people.” PeopleYearsDifferentPlayerWorstNew YorkTownsWeekendDifferent PeoplesJuilliard Author:Paul Bley
“Ornette Coleman wasn't sure whether he was going to continue with Charlie Haden-Charlie had some personal problems. I said "You've got to be kidding! There's no one on the globe who will be able to accompany you" and no one ever did. [Scott LaFaro] was playing atonally and certainly Ornette was not an atonal player. Jimmy Garrison was a tonal player. He wasn't even polytonal or atonal.” SaidProblemAbleMusicPlayerJazzGlobesJazz MusicCharlieJimmyAccompanyPersonal ProblemsAccompany You Author:Paul Bley
“The Beatles came and everybody forgot about everything else. That was a friendly, together, hip interpersonal music, introducing electric sustain, and it captured the imagination of everybody. So improvising, even though it was in a very rich period in terms of impact on the public, the '6Os were very hard times on players financially.” HardTogetherTermImaginationMusicRichPlayerPeriodsImpactJazzHipsHard TimesFriendlyIntroducingElectricJazz MusicCapturedImprovisingInterpersonal Author:Paul Bley
