Quote # 47 by Fiona Apple
“The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.” – Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, Tidal, was released in 1996 and received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal […]
Quote # 41 by Roy Ayers
“The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.” – Roy Ayers Roy Ayers is probably one of the best messengers to his own quote! He has spread the message of joy, friendship and love since the early 60´s, and he […]
Quote # 38 by Wes Montgomery
“Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.” – Wes Montgomery John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie […]
Quote # 37 by Jaco Pastorius
“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: “What for? Low E’s been good enough for the last 200 years, what are you trying to prove?” Jaco Pastorius is one of my absolute […]
Thierry Eliez is a wonderful French musician, composer and singer
Thierry Eliez (born 1964) is a wonderful French musician, composer and singer. Thierrys main instruments are keyboards and piano. The first time I heard Thierry was with the great French drummer (composer, arranger and producer) André “Dede” Ceccarelli. I will also write about “Dede” in the future. Personally I think “Dede” have the same […]
Rob Madna was a great Dutch jazz pianist
Rob 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 first record I listened to was “Broadcast Business 76” with The Rob Madna Trio featuring Ferdinand […]
Quote # 32 by Bobby Hutcherson
“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.” – Bobby Hutcherson Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941, in Los Angeles, California) is […]
Abraham Laboriel is a master on bass
Abraham (or Abe) Laboriel (born 1947 in Mexico) is one of the masters on electrical bass. Originally a classically trained guitarist, he switched to bass guitar while studying at the Berklee School of Music. Henry Mancini encouraged Laboriel to move to Los Angeles, California and pursue a recording career. Abe started to play on records […]
Quote # 28 by George Forman
“Boxing is like jazz, the better it is, the less people appreciate it.” – George Foreman George Forman (born January 10, 1949) is a retired American professional boxer, former two-time World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author, and entrepreneur. George Forman likes good music! Highlight of George Foreman, one […]
Patrice Rushen is a wonderful musician
Patrice Rushen is a wonderful musician Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, music director and vocalist. She is best known for the 1982 hit, “Forget Me Nots”, for which she received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Patrice has a […]