"You were expected to play what you don’t know, not what you already know…It’s easy to sit home and play all kinds of great ideas, great, but then when you’re playing with an ensemble, you can’t play that sh*t. You gotta react with the musicians, and sometime that may require you just keeping time and not playing all the hip stuff… it doesn’t work, because now you are part of a team. - Jazz drumming great, Jack DeJohnette #jass#drumming#drums#musicians#practice#performance
[ George Colligan interview with Jack DeJohnette: https://jazztruth.blogspot.com/2011/12/jack-dejohnette-interview.html ]
I had a rather half-baked realization today that I want to share with everybody because that's what the internet is for. If anyone else has said anything similar, please point me in their direction!
I've been a huge fan of old-school jazz since I was a teenager. Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie were my first and greatest loves but of course I looked outward from there and grew to know and love so many more, from Miles Davis to the Adderly brothers to Blossom Dearie to Ray Brown etc.
@brooklynmarie Only in the last decade or so I've learned much about the history of "#Jass" and gained an appreciation of #LouisArmstrong's contribution to the world of this #musical#art form, and what #MilesDavis did to give it so many new forms and structures while training and highlighting so many other greats of #Jazz along the way.
My brother-in-law started and still plays stand-up bass at a Jazz restaurant here in Sunrise, and my brother in #DC plays sax when he can.