Library and Information Services, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Tuesday 31 January 2012

Working things out

Tommy Smith, Course Leader of Jazz here at Royal Conservatoire of Music, sends his friends regular "Quotes from the Road". 

Here's one 'Whittaker' liked:-


"Jazz also reminds you that you can work things out with other people. It's hard, but it can be done. When a group of people try to invent something together, there's bound to be a lot of conflict. Jazz urges you to accept the decisions of others. Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow-but you can't give up, no matter what. It is the art of negotiating change with style. The aim of every performance is to make something out of whatever happens-to make something together and be together."

Wynton Marsalis



 

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