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Gerry Mulligan Quotes

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays Picture Quote #1

New York is still where I live most of the time Picture Quote #1

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone Picture Quote #1

I’ve always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting Picture Quote #1

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player Picture Quote #1

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the ‘twenties the tradition was two or three saxophone Picture Quote #1

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Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra Picture Quote #1

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don’t understand about that nonsense. It’s like, all instruments are there to use all the tim Picture Quote #1

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing Picture Quote #1

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins Picture Quote #1

When we’ve finished the current tour I’m going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing Picture Quote #1

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet Picture Quote #1

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People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy Picture Quote #1

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing Picture Quote #1

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs Picture Quote #1

You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it Picture Quote #1

I’ve appeared on some other people’s albums Picture Quote #1

I’m fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with Picture Quote #1

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Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones Picture Quote #1

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that Picture Quote #1

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it’s very hard to bear Picture Quote #1

It’s true I’ve always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way Picture Quote #1

Actually, it is a fact that I’ve been doing more writing than playing in recent years Picture Quote #1

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on Picture Quote #1

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Life on the road is murder. It’s as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth Picture Quote #1

The recording industry has changed; they’re enjoying such incredible success in the pop field Picture Quote #1

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don’t have much point in the orchestra Picture Quote #1

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine Picture Quote #1

People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy Picture Quote #1

If you’ve only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble Picture Quote #1

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Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) New York is still where I live most of the time (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) I’ve always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) In a way, I started out to be a baritone player (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the ‘twenties the tradition was two or three saxophone (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don’t understand about that nonsense. It’s like, all instruments are there to use all the tim (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) When we’ve finished the current tour I’m going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy. (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) I’ve appeared on some other people’s albums (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) I’m fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it’s very hard to bear (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) It’s true I’ve always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) Actually, it is a fact that I’ve been doing more writing than playing in recent years (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) Life on the road is murder. It’s as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) The recording industry has changed; they’re enjoying such incredible success in the pop field (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don’t have much point in the orchestra (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy (Gerry Mulligan Quotes) If you’ve only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble (Gerry Mulligan Quotes)

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