Jazz Clarinetist Solo Transcription
Sydney Bechet
1897-1959
"You gotta mean it and you gotta treat it gentle."
George Lewis
1900-1968
"I am inclined to just write music, and not worry about what people can and can’t do."
Edmond Hall
1901-1967
"When I got inside, it was a revelation."
Benny Goodman
1909-1986
"After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.."
Artie Shaw
1910-2004
"The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now."
Jimmy Hamilton
1917-1994
"Can't help swinging."
Woody Herman
1913-1987
"Musically, the bebop route was magnificent. But business-wise, it was the dumbest thing i ever did."
Jimmy Giuffre
1921-2008
"It’s just one way, and every man must go his own way."
Buddy DeFranco
1923-2014
"When you're playing jazz, you have to somehow overcome that feeling of being intimidated because your aim is to portray that freedom in what you're playing.."
Eric Dolphy
1928-1964
"When you hear music, after it's over, it's gone in the air. You can never capture it again.."
Pete Fountain
1930-2016
"I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.."
Eddie Daniels
1941
"I don't want to talk too much before you hear the music."
Paquito D'Rivera
1948
"Music, was in my soul and in my heart. I never had the idea to do anything else."
Ken Peplowski
1959
"Jazz amounts to Blues, your unique sound and the elusive genius of improvisation."
Doreen Ketchens
1966
"We can play what we want, we can control who comes into the band and who goes out of the band. People hear us from all over the world and call us and they want us to come and play for them."
Victor Goines
1961
"Music is so powerful, how can you not be influenced by it?."
