Once I Could Play What

I Realized By Using The High Notes Of The Chords As A Melodic Line, And By The Right Harmonic Progression, I Could Play What I Heard Inside Me. That's When I Was Born.

Master Your Instrument. Master The Music. And Then Forget All That Bullshit And Just Play.

Music Is Your Own Experience, Your Own Thoughts, Your Wisdom.

It's Just Music. It's Trying To Play Clean And Looking For The Pretty Notes. The Beat In A Bop Band Is With The Music, Against It, Behind It. It Pushes It. It Helps It. Help Is The Big Thing. It Has No Continuity Of Beat, No Steady Chug-chug. Jazz Has, And That's Why Bop Is More Flexible.

You've Got To Learn Your Instrument. Then, You Practice, Practice, Practice. And Then, When You Finally Get Up There On The Bandstand, Forget All That And Just Wail.