"musicians often find it difficult to agree on a change from loud to soft, or vice versa, unless they are listening closely to each other and are intimately in sync, the result is often long stretches without much dynamic variation."
p. 39
"Jazz is a hot art form. It thrives on intensity... as a result, louder is almost always the easier option on the bandstand, especially for inexperienced performers."
"Audiences burn out on unrelenting volume"
p. 43
"I have so much faith in this essential translucency of music that I trust the songs more than biographical facts."
p. 48
"When one of his band members succeeded in playing an especially exciting solo that generated lots of applause from the audience, Mingus would yell at him: "Don't do that again!""
p. 49
"Jazz... is for those who want to be in attendance when the miracle happens."
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