January 2012
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Imagine: “Party Rock Anthem” as played by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Nice follow-up quote from Erroll Garner a few chapters after the Miles Davis quote I posted earlier: “I always play for my audience … The day you say you don’t need your public, you should give up your instrument and quit, I don’t care who you are.” I’m really living this book. I wish I could shake Art Taylor’s hand for doing these interviews with so...
Dec 26th
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Who chi who chi coo
Art Taylor: What does 'who chi coo' mean, and how do you spell it?
Erroll Garner: Just the way it sounds. 'Who chi coo' is an expression that Sarah Vaughan and I used all the time years ago, because we were very good friends ... It means "magnificent obsession." If I dig what you do, when we're playing, you're a magnificent obsession; if I don't, I say nothing. So when I say "Who chi who chi coo," that means you really are a magnificent obsession.
Dec 26th
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“Art Tatum really turned me on … One day he said, ‘Don, don’t...”
– Don Byas, interviewed by Art Taylor in Paris, November 11, 1969 (from Taylor’s book Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews)
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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“The thing is, I never think about an audience. I just think about the band. And...”
– Miles Davis, interviewed by Art Taylor in New York City, January 22, 1968 (from Taylor’s book Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews)
Dec 25th
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Dec 22nd
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“From the dawn of time we came, moving silently through the centuries. Living...”
– The first title card of Highlander, including its five-dotted ellipsis. It is narrated by Sean Connery in his thickest Scottish accent, though he plays a Spaniard named Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez in the film. Then, Freddie Mercury (and a universe of layered harmonies) sings, “Heeeeeeere...
Dec 22nd
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“Never go with a hippie to a second location.”
– John Francis Donaghy
Dec 12th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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“I do a lot of business with Paypal. But the days of a company rewarding you for...”
– Regretsy: Sooner or later you’ll pay, pal
Dec 7th
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Dec 1st
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