Will Davis
Will Davis
music museums glasses
I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
long sound like-you
It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
musical festivals next
You have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival.
funny mean player
I would never try and play like Harry James, because I don't like his tone - for me. It's just white. You know what I mean? He has what we black trumpet players call a white sound. But it's for white music ... I can tell a white trumpet player, just listening to a record. There'll be something he'll do that'll let me know that he's white.
uncles jazz selling
Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
musical carter ought
Everybody ought to listen to Benny [Carter]. He's a whole musical education.
white long guy
As long as I've been playing, they never say I done anything. They always say that some white guy did it.
music addiction jazz
Music is an addiction.
musician spirit great-music
When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they're still here and passing it on to others.
errors
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
music play horns
You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played
music way hearing
It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.
genius keith doe
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
music nice confused
I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He's still a nice young man, only confused.