QUOTATIONS
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“A chord is not a chord until the bass player decides which note to play.” ~Bill Evans Read more
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“Don’t play what’s there; play what’s not there.” – Miles Davis Read more
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Throwback Thursdays” at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on October 26, 2013. … there is no more consistently perfect body of recorded work in jazz than that produced by Lester Young between 1936 and 1941 – with Count Basie’s orchestra, with Billie Holiday and with… Read more
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“I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.” ~ Ahmad Jamal Read more
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“When you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that makes it good or bad..” ~ Miles Davis Read more
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“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.“ — A.A. Milne (from Winnie-the-Pooh) Read more
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“Writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for wordlessness.” ~ Ernest Hemingway Read more
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The gods do not deduct from man’s allotted span the hours spent in fishing. Read more
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“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.” ~Percy Bysshe Shelley Read more
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From blogging every day a year ago, I find now that I have posted nothing here since last Friday. I am finding myself largely wordless these days. While it is common for me to be more of a listener in social conversations, it is unusual for my mind to be so wordless. And yet, here… Read more
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