Listen
October 10, 2008
“John used to tell me how to listen to the music, so that I could get the most out of it. He would say things to me like, ‘You listen to a song five times, Cecilia. Listen to it instrument by instrument. Play that song and listen to the bass all the way through. Listen to it again, and listen to the saxophone. Don’t just listen to it once and then attempt to give it a critique.‘”
John Coltrane’s advice to Cecilia Foster, (Elvin Jones’s cousin and Frank Foster ’s wife).
