Gene Lees quotes

Gene Lees quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Audiences tend to get the performances they deserve...”
-- Gene Lees

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“Despite his [Artie Shaw's] affectations of reclusiveness, he never tired of talking about himself, as countless long interviews reveal. I do not recall an anecdote he ever told me that was not in some way intended to convey a sense of his own superiority to everyone. . One wonders how a person of his character could produce such beauty.”
-- Gene Lees

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“There is a gesture he has, a motion, that always reminds me of a great batter leaning into a hit. He has a way of throwing one foot forward, putting his head down a bit as he silently runs the valves, and then the cheeks bloom out in the way that has mystified his dentist for years, and he hits into the solo. When that foot goes forward like that, you know that John Birks Gillespie is no longer clowning. Stand back.”
-- Gene Lees

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“I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it has ever known.”
-- Gene Lees

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