#jazz

I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me. ↗

— Travis Barker

#completely #drum #ed #everything #flat

And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. ↗

— Travis Barker

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I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre. ↗

— Samantha Barks

#bands #began #choirs #church #clarinet

I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

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I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#came #enjoy #i #i came #intimidating

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music! ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#debussy #did #duke #duke ellington #ellington

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#classical #freedom #get #improvise #jazz

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#getting #gig #jazz #jazz musician #life

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of jazz. ↗

— Ken Burns

#ever #jazz #nature #person #very

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#band #based #hear #hear music #i