THE UNIVERSAL MIND OF BILL EVANS — 1966 “People tend to approach the whole problem approximately, instead of taking a small piece of it and being real and precise about that.” — Bill Evans, The Universal Mind of Bill Evans, 1966 In 1966, Bill Evans sat in front of a camera for an unusual 45-minute…
FROM STEVE LACY’S HANDWRITTEN LIST, 1960 “What you don’t play can be more important than what you play.” — Thelonious Monk In 1960, saxophonist Steve Lacy spent 16 weeks playing in Thelonious Monk’s band. Throughout that period, he kept a small notebook in which he wrote down the phrases, observations, and instructions Monk gave him…
PORTRAIT & LESSONS “I don’t try to be better than anyone else. I try to be better than my last performance.” — Hank Jones Hank Jones (1918–2010) isn’t the first name that comes to mind when you think about the history of jazz piano. He doesn’t have the revolutionary force of Bud Powell, the virtuosity…
«Δεν αρκεί να παίζεις σωστά. Πρέπει να παίζεις με τρόπο που να κάνει κάποιον να νιώσει κάτι — αλλιώς, απλώς πιέζεις πλήκτρα.» — Oscar Peterson Κάποτε ρώτησα έναν μαθητή μου να μου περιγράψει τι τον συγκινεί στο παίξιμο ενός μεγάλου πιανίστα. Δυσκολεύτηκε να βρει λέξεις. «Κάτι… έχει», μου είπε. Αυτό το «κάτι» έχει ένα όνομα…