Joseph Jarman

I hadn't been practicing or playing or anything. But that had been a vital part of my life. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound of the universe, and that sound is without limit. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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People call to keep me abreast of what's going on. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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