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 # 11 by Albert Einstein
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.” – Albert Einstein
Quote # 10 by Miles Davis
“If they act too hip, you know they can’t play shit”. — Miles Davis
Quote # 9 by James Brown
“At heart I’ve always been a jazz man.” — James Brown
Quote # 8 by Charles Mingus
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” — Charles Mingus Listen to Charles Mingus – Cryin´Blues
Quote # 7 by Bill Evans
“…it bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem. It’s not. It’s feeling.” — Bill Evans
Quote # 6 by Leonard Bernstein
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” – Leonard Bernstein
Quote # 5 by Billy Strayhorn
“All music is beautiful.” – Billy Strayhorn
Quote # 4 by Frank Zappa
“There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we’d all love one another.” Frank Zappa
Quote # 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven
“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” Ludwig van Beethoven