I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.


c. 1939 quoted in Masters of Jazz


I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me....

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me....

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me....

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me....