“Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.” MovingJazzMilesMoving OutColtrane Author:Jan Garbarek
“In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style.” TryingArtDifferentSchoolTogetherMovingStuffRoomsStyleHigh SchoolJazzContemporaryMartial ArtsWrestlingFlipMixingWindmillsLunchtime Author:Caity Lotz
“The further jazz moves away from the stark blue continuum and the collective realities of Afro-American and American life, the more it moves into academic concert-hall lifelessness, which can be replicated by any middle class showing off its music lessons.” RealityMovingClassMiddleLessonsBlueJazzMiddle ClassCollectivesHallsConcertsAcademicShowing OffStarksAmerican LifeContinuumAfrosMusic Lessons Book:Daggers and javelins: essays, 1974-1979 Source: Daggers and javelins: essays, 1974-1979
“I visited New York in '63, intending to move there, but I noticed that what I valued about jazz was being discarded. I ran into `out-to-lunch' free jazz, and the notion that groove was old-fashioned. All around the United States, I could see jazz becoming linear, a horn-player's world. It made me realize that we were not jazz musicians; we were territory musicians in love with all forms of African-American music. All of the musicians I loved were territory musicians, deeply into blues and gospel as well as jazz.” WorldWellsMadeStatesMovingFormRealizingUnitedUnited StatesPlayerNew YorkBecomingMusicianJazzNotionAfrican AmericanRanTerritoryLunchOld FashionedHornsJazz MusicLinearDiscardedGrooveJazz MusicianAmerican MusicAfrican American MusicFree Jazz Author:Joe Sample