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Jon Nelson Quotes

«People have their set impressions about the trumpet. It's either part of an orchestra, or it's played by one or two famous jazz musicians who are doing traditional music. But people are doing very creative things.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«[Most performances, however, will not benefit from marquee billing.] A lot of people are playing for the door [receipts], ... which means they will end up playing for nothing. But the draw is that they have a forum where they can play whatever they want. There are no restrictions.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«There's a need to provide more organs so those people have a reasonable expectation of getting transplanted in a reasonable amount of time.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«Evans makes sounds on the trumpet that are unbelievable. When I heard Nate play, it sounded like electric guitar, and he wasn't using a processor. This is where we have hope, with people who challenge the aesthetics of music. When they get up and play, it's very powerful.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«We've played in a lot of (tight) games like this, and I think that's been huge for us. We've come out on the positive end more than the negative, which gives our kids confidence in those situations.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«[Though it does a good job of showing off some of the leading talents who work just outside the jazz mainstream, the festival is not particularly bound to the avant-garde canon.] We want to blur all the lines, ... It's easy for people to put things in a box. When events like this are institutional, it's the death of something that could have had some interesting possibilities.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«[Another example is a concert that juxtaposes entire universes of trumpet concepts. An Aug. 24 billing will showcase Jeremy Pelt, a gifted 28-year-old with a classic ballad style, and an ensemble led by Graham Ashton, a middle-aged Briton whose group boasts several leading symphonic brass players.] We try to pair up things you would not likely see on the same program, ... We want to take categorization out of the whole presentation. If you want to have any kind of future at all, this is how you do it.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«We try to pair up things you would not likely see on the same program. We want to take categorization out of the whole presentation. If you want to have any kind of future at all, this is how you do it.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«It was one of those games that whoever hit shots first was going to get the game. We controlled the tempo and got them frustrated. But they had guys who don't normally step up step up and hit some shots.»
Author: Jon Nelson
«The kids really executed the game plan. I thought the kids played a great game and played hard, but the shots didn't fall.»
Author: Jon Nelson