Don't Play The Saxophone. Let It Play

They Teach You There's A Boundary Line To Music. But, Man, There's No Boundary Line To Art.

It's Just Music. It's Trying To Play Clean And Looking For The Pretty Notes. The Beat In A Bop Band Is With The Music, Against It, Behind It. It Pushes It. It Helps It. Help Is The Big Thing. It Has No Continuity Of Beat, No Steady Chug-chug. Jazz Has, And That's Why Bop Is More Flexible.

I Kept Thinking There's Bound To Be Something Else? I Could Hear It Sometimes, But I Couldn't Play It.

You've Got To Learn Your Instrument. Then, You Practice, Practice, Practice. And Then, When You Finally Get Up There On The Bandstand, Forget All That And Just Wail.

Don't Play The Saxophone. Let It Play You.