Word: musicianse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Toad's Place. Just around the corner from the York Sq. is Toad's Place, a late-night bar that also features up and coming musicians. For students over 21, Toad's offers a party scene more favorable than that found in the crowded suites of under grads. Yale alumni...
Murray said that jazz musicians should not simply limit themselves to one style of jazz, or even to the genre itself. "Jazz musicians should play other forms of music. I mean I play with [Indian sitar player] Ravi Shankar... I play with everybody." Asked whether he could play such sophisticated...
There was a little more music, but the bulk of the latter half of the workshop was devoted to answering more questions. How long should jazz musicians' solos be? Murray responded, "When everybody in the band has went to the bar and came back...you should be finished by then...
When he was asked about the role of rap in the music industry he expressed fears that rappers are replacing jazz musicians, and that "rap music has held a few people back, especially in the Black community. Rap musicians should first of all study music.... learn some music if you...
When it was all over, everyone, participants and spectators, left the workshop with heads full of ideas, and perhaps more importantly, questions. Fox and Murray provided a generous glimpse of their personalities, their lives, their own creative processes and most importantly, their music. There was a wonderful sense of a...