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THELONIUS MONK’S ADVICE TO SAXOPHONIST STEVE LACY (1960)

Friday, August 6, 2010

A Genius is the one most like himself.
- Thelonius Monk
Originally posted here Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)
Reposted by Swiss-Miss here
With gratitude to Box of Crayons for pointing me to Swiss-Miss, “a treasure trove of the smart, funky and unusual, all connected by the slender and strong thread of design.”

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Someday someone is going to walk into your concert hall and bring you a mind that is confused, a heart that is overwhelmed, a soul that is weary.

Friday, June 4, 2010

More often than ever, I find myself encouraging young people interested in the arts to stay with their passion and in the process, stay true to themselves. I also talk to alot of parents of young people interested in the arts, and hear them express some level of angst and fear, I think, about their [...]

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WHY YOU GIVE, AND WHY IT’S NOT ABOUT GETTING MONEY

Friday, March 5, 2010

I don’t know how I came upon this video, but it doesn’t really matter. What I saw and heard changed me. Seriously. Glen Hansard and The Swell Season were touring in 2009, and he heard this one voice passionately singing from the front rows. So what does he do? He calls her [...]

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