Comments for DQJazz.com http://dqjazz.com Dan Quigley - Brisbane jazz trumpet player Wed, 09 May 2012 10:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on The Days of Wine and Roses… by Rob Le Busque http://dqjazz.com/?p=140#comment-12 Rob Le Busque Wed, 09 May 2012 10:59:19 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=140#comment-12 Dan Great stuff. good to see an old colleague and friend writing so intelligently about music. While I have moved away from music as a profession, it is still a huge part of everyday life; I torture my 6 year old daughter with Coltrane tunes at breakfast and Bach's preludes at bedtime... there is no 1 Direction in this house! the blog is great; you are exactly what the music industry needs more of; people that can parse passion into conviction and commitment; as these two things will ultimately define your craft, and therefore your art. Cheers Rob Dan

Great stuff. good to see an old colleague and friend writing so intelligently about music.

While I have moved away from music as a profession, it is still a huge part of everyday life; I torture my 6 year old daughter with Coltrane tunes at breakfast and Bach’s preludes at bedtime… there is no 1 Direction in this house!

the blog is great; you are exactly what the music industry needs more of; people that can parse passion into conviction and commitment; as these two things will ultimately define your craft, and therefore your art.

Cheers

Rob

]]> Comment on James Morrison… by Burke http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-11 Burke Wed, 02 May 2012 10:55:50 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-11 Yeah, Dan. The Hot Horn Happening Live in Paris. Incredible album! Yeah, Dan.

The Hot Horn Happening Live in Paris. Incredible album!

]]> Comment on James Morrison… by Mark Underwood http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-10 Mark Underwood Wed, 02 May 2012 09:42:37 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-10 A fantastic tribute to brilliant musician and an incredibly humble bloke. Its always an inspiration and a privilege to get to listen and play with James. And he has always got an endless supply of really bad jokes on offer as well :) Thanks for a great read Dan. A fantastic tribute to brilliant musician and an incredibly humble bloke. Its always an inspiration and a privilege to get to listen and play with James. And he has always got an endless supply of really bad jokes on offer as well :)
Thanks for a great read Dan.

]]> Comment on James Morrison… by Ed Wilson http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-9 Ed Wilson Wed, 02 May 2012 05:49:08 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-9 I couldn't agree more,his a true champion. GREAT BLOKE GREAT MUSICIAN. I couldn’t agree more,his a true champion.

GREAT BLOKE
GREAT MUSICIAN.

]]> Comment on James Morrison… by Kurt thompson http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-8 Kurt thompson Wed, 02 May 2012 05:01:03 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-8 Nice blog and good history on a great player Nice blog and good history on a great player

]]> Comment on James Morrison… by Greg Spence http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-7 Greg Spence Wed, 02 May 2012 02:39:58 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-7 Hey Dan, thanks for promoting one of the two geniuses I have met in my life (the other being Tim Minchin). When ever I hear a HIP younger dude talk down about James, I jump immediately saying... "picture this...you are sitting in a little jazz cafe in Berlin and this Stranger guys you had NEVER seen before walks in asks politely to sit in with the house band. Now this guys is carrying quite a few instruments. The band suspiciously says, um ok, what tune would you like to play and this Stranger says whatever you like in any key you prefer. The band laughs and says ok and chooses a tune, the Stranger guy (some dude named James from Australia) pulls out his trumpet and without a warmup proceeds to play some incredible, world class jazz. Now remember young HIP guy, you have never seen James before. You would be impressed with his ability regardless of your favourite style of music. BUT THEN, after the band pick themselves up off the floor, they ask Stranger guy to play the rest of the set and he says sure, I might play trombone. After this, HIP YOUNG DUDE, you are sitting there simply astonished at what you have just witnessed. Suddenly STRANGER guy pulls out his alto sax and blitzes up a rhythm changes which gives the poor piano player heart failure so to cover the rest of the gig the STRANGER guy plays piano, again at a world class level. If you were to see this, HIP YOUNG DUDE, you would be raving to everyone about this extraordinary experience and would want to be best mates with the Aussie names James! Hey Dan, thanks for promoting one of the two geniuses I have met in my life (the other being Tim Minchin).

When ever I hear a HIP younger dude talk down about James, I jump immediately saying…

“picture this…you are sitting in a little jazz cafe in Berlin and this Stranger guys you had NEVER seen before walks in asks politely to sit in with the house band. Now this guys is carrying quite a few instruments. The band suspiciously says, um ok, what tune would you like to play and this Stranger says whatever you like in any key you prefer.

The band laughs and says ok and chooses a tune, the Stranger guy (some dude named James from Australia) pulls out his trumpet and without a warmup proceeds to play some incredible, world class jazz. Now remember young HIP guy, you have never seen James before. You would be impressed with his ability regardless of your favourite style of music.

BUT THEN, after the band pick themselves up off the floor, they ask Stranger guy to play the rest of the set and he says sure, I might play trombone. After this, HIP YOUNG DUDE, you are sitting there simply astonished at what you have just witnessed.

Suddenly STRANGER guy pulls out his alto sax and blitzes up a rhythm changes which gives the poor piano player heart failure so to cover the rest of the gig the STRANGER guy plays piano, again at a world class level.

If you were to see this, HIP YOUNG DUDE, you would be raving to everyone about this extraordinary experience and would want to be best mates with the Aussie names James!

]]> Comment on James Morrison… by Steve Duff http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-6 Steve Duff Tue, 01 May 2012 23:23:00 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-6 Classy :) Classy :)

]]> Comment on James Morrison… by Leonie Simpson http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-5 Leonie Simpson Tue, 01 May 2012 18:03:54 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=88#comment-5 A wonderful read Dan. Keep it comin' :D A wonderful read Dan. Keep it comin’ :D

]]> Comment on Queen Dolphin Street… by Dan http://dqjazz.com/?p=51#comment-4 Dan Tue, 01 May 2012 05:22:05 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=51#comment-4 Hi Wade, Thanks. Yes I did feel that Japanese people really respected the tradition. Walking into McDonalds and hearing Sonny Rollins over the in-house speaker system was totally weird. Hi Wade, Thanks. Yes I did feel that Japanese people really respected the tradition. Walking into McDonalds and hearing Sonny Rollins over the in-house speaker system was totally weird.

]]> Comment on Queen Dolphin Street… by Wade G http://dqjazz.com/?p=51#comment-3 Wade G Tue, 01 May 2012 03:42:46 +0000 http://dqjazz.com/?p=51#comment-3 Great post Dan. The stuff about talking the international language of jazz ,and hand signals and eyebrows and stuff: spot on! How did you find the rest of Japanese jazz and what the musos and audience members seemed to like? It seems to me (from one brief trip to Japan) that they love to see a standard interpreted beautifully and respectfully, and that original jazz isn't as important as respecting the jazz tradition that's come before... Great post Dan. The stuff about talking the international language of jazz ,and hand signals and eyebrows and stuff: spot on! How did you find the rest of Japanese jazz and what the musos and audience members seemed to like? It seems to me (from one brief trip to Japan) that they love to see a standard interpreted beautifully and respectfully, and that original jazz isn’t as important as respecting the jazz tradition that’s come before…

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