“It ain’t braggin´ if you can back it up” – Jaco Pastorius Question to Jaco Pastorius: “Would you ever consider playing a 5 string bass?” Jaco answers:...
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Learn More“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” – Decca in response to the Beatles, 1962 Maybe Decca made the wrong decision in 1962? The...
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Learn MoreRob Madna (June 8, 1931 – April 5, 2003) was a great Dutch jazz pianist, composer and arranger. It was my very good friend Jan Dahlstedt who opened my ears to the world of Rob Madnas music. The...
Learn More“The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. If you’re swept away by it, you can’t wait to do it again and the same magical moments always come.”...
Learn More“Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it’s very hard to teach racism to a teenager who’s listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It’s hard to say,...
Learn More“You can’t rehearse a blues, darlin’.” – Joe Williams Joe Williams (1918 – 1999) was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singer, a mixture of blues,...
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