I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial.
More Quotes by Mose Allison
All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.
And Lennie Tristano I like a lot, I still like him.
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.
At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone.
But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.
I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.