Gerry Mulligan Quotes - Page 2

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• When [Billy] Strayhorn came on the scene, he just blew us away.

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  Scene

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• When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.

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  Writing, Individualism, Currents

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• I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

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  Guy, Other Guys, Mulligans

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• The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing

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  Symphony, Orchestra, Kind

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• I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

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  Kind, Trumpets, Mulligans

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• New York is still where I live most of the time.

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  New York, Mulligans, Stills

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• Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones

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  Two, Twenties, Three

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• Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

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  Jobs, Mulligans, Tenors

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• I've appeared on some other people's albums.

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  People, Albums

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