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Jan Garbarek
Norwegian
Musician
About the author
I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece.
Jan Garbarek,
Norwegian
Musician
#Chance
#Key
When we are on tour we also take chances.
Jan Garbarek,
Norwegian
Musician
You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key.
Jan Garbarek,
Norwegian
Musician
#Key
#Music
There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that.
Jan Garbarek,
Norwegian
Musician
#Jazz
The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.
Jan Garbarek,
Norwegian
Musician
#Jazz
Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.
Jan Garbarek,
Norwegian
Musician
If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.
Jan Garbarek,
Norwegian
Musician
#Right
#Will
#Key
#Sound
Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.
Jan Garbarek,
Norwegian
Musician
#Jazz