Teddy Wilson quotes
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“When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a record.”
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“Within reasonable limits, a professional player should keep busy at music.”
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“If it's enough money, I'll play the North Pole.”
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“I'll play with a hundred pieces or do a solo job.”
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“[Goodman] became famous (or notorious) for staring at a player he didn't like. It was called 'the ray' by his men.”
-- Teddy WilsonSource : Teddy Wilson, Arie Ligthart, Humphrey van Loo (2001). “Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz: The Autobiography of Teddy Wilson”, p.52, A&C Black
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Source : New York Herald Tribune, June 30, 1953.
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Source : "A Dancing Queen Extends Her Reign" by Dave Itzkoff, www.nytimes.com. May 5, 2013.
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Source : Letter to Alban Berg, "Anton von Webern" by Malcolm Hayes, (p. 71), 1995.
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“In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments.”
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“The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.”
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“One has to build a fist against anti-Semitism-a first class orchestra will be this fist.”
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“I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.”
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