#laying

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#group #i #i write #listening #loves

There's not much in the way of written-down arrangements - just things that Gerry and I have worked out, from playing spontaneously together and hanging on to whatever seems to fall in right. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#fall #gerry #hanging #i #just

In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#am #bones #even #fantasies #feel

The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian. ↗

— Herbie Mann

#heritage #hungarian #music #now #playing

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station? ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#like #playing #point #sound #station

Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#face #instrument #man #playing #whenever

I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#believe #grateful #i #i believe #i believe in

I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#band #father #first #got #i

There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#battle #cut #get #having #head

You know, in playing a role like this, you really want to get it right, because this is a person who was revered by so many doctors, women doctors especially. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

#doctors #especially #get #know #like