Lennie Tristano Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“The hippest thing you can do is not play at all. Just listen.”
-- Lennie Tristano

#Music Quotes #Play Quotes #Just Listen Quotes
“You could make your fingers reproduce exactly what you felt, if you really worked at it. I achieved it, not only spending a lot of time at the keyboard but finding ways I could make my fingers reproduce my deepest feelings. It meant, when you hit a note with a finger, you sank into that note all the way to the bottom of the keyboard until it went pow! Right?...”
-- Lennie Tristano

#Feelings Quotes #Keyboards Quotes #Way Quotes
“It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.”
-- Lennie Tristano

#Kind Quotes #Composing Quotes #Formulas Quotes
“The jazz musicianâ€™s function is to feel,”
-- Lennie Tristano

#Musician Quotes #Jazz Quotes #Function Quotes
“Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play!”
-- Lennie Tristano

#Play Quotes #People Quotes #Dave Quotes
“The jazz musician's function is to feel.”
-- Lennie Tristano

#Musician Quotes #Jazz Quotes #Function Quotes

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