Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowiewas an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTrumpet Player
Date of Birth11 October 1941
CountryUnited States of America
people going-out records
These record companies are going to be going out of business pretty soon, because people are just going to be downloading what they want to hear.
creativity people missing
They were missing all the enthusiasm, the creativity; that whole excitement about the music was lost. A lot of people are really going back looking for that.
They're not just interested in one sort of music any more.
listeners
We expect the listener to have, like, a movie going on when they hear us. That's what it's all about for us.
play people sound
We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to play a note; or to play what some people would say is a sound.
trying clock figures
We just can't go and try to turn the clock back, that's not happening anymore. You've got to figure something else out.
years trying jazz
What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you know, to expand the audience.
stars mean thinking
You would think that anyone on a major label would be doing something, but when you speak of major label that means something to maybe a big pop star that might be getting some sort of benefit from the major. But we still don't get anything.
lying believe i-believe
Because I believe that the future of the music lies in the Internet. It can be sold on the Internet.
tired people
Because people really got tired, too, of the same old formatted sort of thing, and the same old formatted music.
art ensemble chicago
I'm only involved really right now with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Brass Fantasy.
play trying sensitive
It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music.
way groups jazz
Jazz groups have to make a living any way.
mean firsts musician
I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be a professional musician, and that means you have to feed yourself with the instrument.