Joshua Redman quotes
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“If everyone liked what I did, I probably wouldn't be playing anything of depth.”
-- Joshua Redman -
“If I knew what it was going to look like, I wouldnt be so excited to be a part of it. Jazz is a music of surprise; its a music of spontaneity. I think jazz musicians live--I know I do--for being surprised and not knowing whats going to come next.”
-- Joshua Redman -
“Some of the freshest, most compelling, and most soulful music I have heard recently. Bob Reynolds is an amazing musician, with something very exciting and original to say.”
-- Joshua Redman -
“It was about finding creative, original musicians. Musicians who are strong composers. Flexible, empathetic musicians, who are great individually but who also have a great sense for cooperation and collaboration, great listeners as well as great players.”
-- Joshua Redman -
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“Another factor is that in terms of the original compositions, this is our strongest year yet. Everyone wrote a fantastic piece and everyone really had a greater sense of how to write for this band -- not only for this particular instrumentation, but for these particular players. Each year, the reality is getting closer to the ideal of a collective.”
-- Joshua Redman
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Source : What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2
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“Nothing that happens on the surface of the sea can alter the calm of its depths”
Source : Andrew Harvey (2010). “The Direct Path”, p.249, Random House
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“There are depths to the human soul that should not be fathomed.”
Source : Ann Rinaldi (2002). “The Staircase”, p.169, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“The voluntary captive The speechless the prisoner Which I hide in my very depths...”
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