Gerry Mulligan Quotes
The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra. The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field. The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing. Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear. When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins. When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing. You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it. You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.
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