State of mind
Your taste is why your own work disappoints you.
Kenny Werner–the Space, consciousness interfering, trying and expectation interfering…
Sonny Rollins on leaving this world behind while he plays…
Hal Galper–minimizing emotion (feeling larger chunks of time)
Hal Galper–the illusion of an instrument
Hal Galper on practicing
Hal Galper on state of mind: the difference between practicing and performing.
Jerry Bergonzi, Eternal Student
John Hartford: personal style (2:09) and the life of a musician (2:27)
10,000 hours of deliberate practice
Hank Jones–practicing, developing a style, and developing taste.
Benjamin Zander …you understand/perceive more than you think you do. Also, feeling big chunks of time.
Aging musicians have sharp brains.
Oliver Sacks’ book Musicophilia.
Radiolab: All Clive has is music and love.
Charles Limb: Your Brain on Improv.
The Neuroscience of Improvisation
The inhibiting self-awareness that upsets our ‘flow.’
Jerry Bergonzi–teaching with empathy and creativity.
David Evans, Sax and Clarinet 