Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman, is a jazz musician, composer and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He is perhaps best known as one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Art Ensemble of Chicago...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth14 September 1937
CountryUnited States of America
Joseph Jarman quotes about
dharma music
So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with.
life vital
I hadn't been practicing or playing or anything. But that had been a vital part of my life.
creative members remember
Well, remember that we were all members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.
devote hope location manage months move six somehow
Well, by the end of the millennium, five, six months from now, we hope to somehow manage to move into a new location where we have the whole building, so we can devote space to all our activities.
charles felt gone invited passed rejected school spirit
When Christopher and Charles passed away, I was completely depressed, I felt rejected and real down, and so Roscoe invited me because he had this spirit of compassion, and we had gone to school together, were friends and everything.
missing-you live-concerts important
So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music.
training dojo halls
Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.
growing-up years people
Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before.
responsibility vision may
In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May.
african-music western-music limits
I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound of the universe, and that sound is without limit.
moving zone fortunate
I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone.
legends jazz wells
Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything.