Will Davis
Will Davis
ferrari jazz stills
I still got my Ferrari.
white america discovery
It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?
music three way
I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other, were true because Bach had also composed that way.
music space perfect
Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then.
nice mean men
Tom Jones is funny to me, man. I mean, he really tries to ape Ray Charles and Sammy Davis, you know. He's nice-looking; he looks good doing it. I mean, if I was him, I'd do the same thing. If I was only thinking about making money.
play ballads heard
When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads
school eye boys
In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
men alive
John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive
play jazz coltrane
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
rocks rock-n-roll dukes
[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.
music blue done
So What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It's over; it's on the record.
mean men white-man
I mean, it makes me sick when I see a white man sitting there smiling at me being entertaining, man. When I know what he's gonna do after he gets through. You know, when you see that thing on their face - like: "Entertain me." You know what I mean? Even the black guy that's trying to be white - even he can have that crap on his face.
funny mean player
I would never try and play like Harry James, because I don't like his tone - for me. It's just white. You know what I mean? He has what we black trumpet players call a white sound. But it's for white music ... I can tell a white trumpet player, just listening to a record. There'll be something he'll do that'll let me know that he's white.
hard-work blow games
You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.