“Soul is what Char­lie Parker was talk­ing about when he said, “If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”

Soul is the rea­son that if offered the choice of a limo and tick­ets to hear Name­less at Carnegie Hall, or a Metro Card and a chance to pay to hear John Zorn at The Stone, I’d take Zorn every time.

Soul is some­thing you can’t learn at Jul­liard or the New School. It’s not about notes and the­o­ries. It’s sure as hell not about rote history.”, – writes saxophonist Chris Kelsey. Read his full article “Better Red Than Dead”.

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