3 Shades of Blue Quotes

“I think [it represented] a break from when jazz players had to be entertainers. And especially bebop as exemplified by Charlie Parker, who used to stand up straight—he didn’t dance around and all that stuff. He played all this great music. And it sort of was a harbinger of things to come in the social world. All races of people appreciated what a great music bebop was. And with Charlie Parker especially—I think there was a sort of racial thing where it was trying to straighten up American society.”
― James Kaplan, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

“Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery,”
― James Kaplan, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

“Well, if it started with Coltrane, what is he doin’ about to burn his hand lookin’ at Charlie Parker play, with his mouth open?’ ”
― James Kaplan, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool