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If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.
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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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People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time
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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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Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.
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This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear
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It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.
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The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing
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The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.
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