Jan Garbarek Quotes

• There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that.

  Jan Garbarek

  Jazz, Certain, Moved

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• The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

  Jan Garbarek

  Jazz Improvisation, Elements, Jazz

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• Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.

  Jan Garbarek

  Moving, Jazz, Miles

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• Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.

  Jan Garbarek

  Faces, Sometimes, Failing

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• Other times I say: I would very much like to try to do something with this music, but after playing for a few minutes, I have to break off.

  Jan Garbarek

  Break Off, Trying, Break

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• I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece.

  Jan Garbarek

  Keys, Pieces, Chance

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• You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key.

  Jan Garbarek

  Thinking, Keys, Needs

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• If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

  Jan Garbarek

  Keys, Trying, Sound

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• When we are on tour we also take chances.

  Jan Garbarek

  Chance, Take A Chance, Reincarnation

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• Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music.

  Jan Garbarek

  World, Jazz, Classical Music

  "London jazz festival 2012: Where has Jan Garbarek gone? I miss him" by John Lewis, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2012.

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