Although the crash came a year later, and although the people were poor and disenfranchised, they had a lot of pride. |
he American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra. |
I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure. |
I didn't even apply. There was no warning. |
I'd like to build what I call an oasis. |
I'm still in a state of shock. |
Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty. |
My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we must re-define ourselves and our lives, in our own terms. |
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument. |
They don't tell you why they chose you. And they won't say who was on the committee. |