Gary Burton Quotes & Sayings
14 most famous Gary Burton quotes and sayings (musician). These are the first 10 quotes we have for him.
“Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.”
“I think I always have been someone who likes to push at the edges of things, looking for something different.”
“It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.”
“But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, there's a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression that's possible with the instrument.”
“Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.”
“There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one is the starting what was first called jazz rock in 1967 when I started my first band, later became jazz fusion by the 1970s.”
“I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play.”
“I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.”
“I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.”
“I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.”
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