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“If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.”

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Jimmy Rushing was an American jazz singer born on August 26, 1901, and died on June 8, 1972. Known for his distinctive voice and improvisational singing skills, he was one of the representative figures of the swing era. more

“You could make your fingers reproduce exactly what you felt, if you really worked at it. I achieved it, not only spending a lot of time at the keyboard but finding ways I could make my fingers reproduce my deepest feelings. It meant, when you hit a note with a finger, you sank into that note all the way to the bottom of the keyboard until it went pow! Right?”

Ifs Way Feelings Felt Findings Notes Fingers Bottom Spending Keyboards Pow Deepest Feelings

Author:Lennie Tristano

“It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.”

Kind Following Instant Formulas Composing

Author:Lennie Tristano

“The jazz musician's function is to feel.”

Feels Musician Function Jazz Jazz Music Jazz Musician

Author:Lennie Tristano

“Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play!”

People Play Frank Dave

Author:Lennie Tristano

“The point of recapitulation in the first movement of the Ninth [Symphony of Beethoven] is one of the most horrifying moments in music, as the carefully prepared cadence is frustrated, damming up energy which finally explodes in the throttling, murderous rage of a rapist incapable of attaining release.”

Firsts Moments Energy Movement Prepared Rage Release Frustrated Incapable Symphony Cadence Recapitulation

Author:Susan McClary

“Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few who have stayed, have stayed for a reason. A reciprocity of need and desire inspires the musicians to dig as deeply into their talent and souls as they are able. This mysterious and transformative confluence of events rarely happens in concert. It is the province of the nightclub.”

Needs Soul Reason Happens Able Desire Night Special Talent Events Inspire Late Musician Jazz Crowds Clubs Mysterious Concerts Provinces Something Special Reciprocity Nightclubs Confluence

Author:Patricia Barber

“And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood.”

Television Hollywood Moved East Coast Easter East Coast

Author:Skitch Henderson

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