We were the first small American jazz group since Sidney Bechet in 1927 to play for the public in Moscow and Leningrad. Paul Horn americanbechetgroup Change image and share on social
It's funny to find there are still people around who think if a musician has schooling, it automatically makes him a lesser jazz player. But you don't learn jazz in school. Paul Horn automaticallyfindfunny Change image and share on social
It's not music you can evaluate in traditional ways. If you look around at a concert, you might see what look like bored people, or maybe they're drifting, but they're just having another kind of experience, an inner thing. Paul Horn boreconcertdrift share on social
Jazz is a way of life, and you have to learn about it on the street, so to speak. But the training comes in by giving you the tools to work with. Paul Horn givejazzlearn Change image and share on social
After I came out of surgery - I was in the hospital for five weeks - I found that I gravitated toward very gentle sounds: chant music, solo bamboo flute sounds, a laid-back record of my own called 'Inside.' And the music became a very real part of my recovery process. Paul Horn backbamboocall share on social
The enthusiasm, the adulation for us as jazz artists, in Kiev and Odessa was really heartwarming. Paul Horn adulationartistenthusiasm Change image and share on social
I'm a romantic. The impressionists have always been my favorites. I like prettiness - beauty, or what I perceive as beauty. Paul Horn beautyfavoriteimpressionist Change image and share on social
Even back when I played 'straight-ahead,' I mixed it up. I played some free-form, classical adaptations, solo flute stuff. It was New Age in its own way. Paul Horn adaptationageahead Change image and share on social
