Gerry Mulligan Quotes - Page 2

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• Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

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  Use, Orchestra, Mulligans

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• I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.

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  Thinking, Voice, Symphony

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  If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

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  Horny, Ensemble, Want

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• I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

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  Guy, Other Guys, Mulligans

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• When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.

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  Writing, Individualism, Currents

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• The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing

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  Symphony, Orchestra, Kind

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• I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

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  Kind, Trumpets, Mulligans

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• Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones

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  Two, Twenties, Three

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• I've appeared on some other people's albums.

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  People, Albums

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