Abraham Laboriel is a master on bass

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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

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“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

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“If they act too hip, you know they can’t play shit”.    — Miles Davis

Quote # 9 by James Brown

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“At heart I’ve always been a jazz man.”   — James Brown

Quote # 8 by Charles Mingus

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“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

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“…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

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“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

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“All music is beautiful.” – Billy Strayhorn

Quote # 4 by Frank Zappa

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“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

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“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”   Ludwig van Beethoven