Trombonist Quotes

You blow in this end of the trombone and sound comes out the other end and disrupts the cosmos.

A pianist with skill, touch, musicality and a gift for making songs from songs.

Plus, he can swing! Give a listen

It was Miles Davis who took me to New York, and Coltrane was in the band, as well as Paul Chambers, Philly Jo Jones. 'Trane took me aside, and, of course, we did Blue Trane, which was my first album-and that started everything. He had confidence that I didn't have; he saw something that I didn't see.

This is positively not an album to play while you do a doctorate thesis on "Bergson, Webern and Charles the Vicious, Paradox or Ambiguity?"

A Jazz man should be saying what he feels: humor, sadness, joy... all the things that humans have.

All that I've played, all that I've sung, I couldn't have done any other way.

I think that a musician is like a doctor, he's supposed to heal people and make them feel better.

Improvisation is a great mystery. You play something, and you play an answer to it. Then you play something to wrap it up. Nothing is going through your mind; you're not thinking of anything. Every now and then you surprise yourself. Where did that come from?

I can play, and I know it; I'm not looking for any pats on the back. I don't have to be endorsed by anybody. I make enough to live and eat, and I'm happy with my music-and that's all I need.

Once in a while, a teacher gets rewarded with a brilliant student.

My two years with Dan Szabo at the New England Conservatory were indeed a gift -- he is a pianist with unlimited potential and a composer that makes my heart sing. I deeply feel that he is an important musician for the coming years.

Fred Sturm has proven to be a great asset to the musical world as a teacher, composer and author. His gifts have enriched the musical life of all the people who have been fortunate enough to share his wisdom and musicality.

Music is about giving and about searching and so that is the spirit.

...because without spirit, music is just notes.

I more or less think that the trombone was chosen for me.

I first selected a violin, which I didn't do too well with, and, ironically, the only thing left was the trombone. My next choice was a saxophone, but they didn't have any; so I think that the Creator had a lot to do with what I did...Because things just happened, you know, and I had no control over it. And I ended up with my instrument that I play now.