Will Davis
Will Davis
i-can
I always listen to what I can leave out.
white america discovery
It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?
mistake improvisation
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
ferrari jazz stills
I still got my Ferrari.
musical taught jazz
Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.
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.
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.
genius keith doe
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
ahead budget eating next nine species
There are nine species ahead of the grizzly bear. We are already eating into next year's budget for species listings.
african country divide latinos minorities perception police racial rest rules sets whites
There is a real perception that there are two sets of rules in this country when it comes to police action. One for African Americans, Latinos and other minorities and another for whites and the rest of society. If there is to be one America, then this racial divide must stop.