Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a... →
Wynton Marsalis
The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher... →
I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem campaign. When you... →
People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to... →
I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand... →
The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he... →
I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys... →
The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs... →
Eddie Marsan