“It seems to me that most people are impressed with just three
things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you
can play. I find this a little exasperating, but I'm a lot more
experienced now, and understand that probably less than 2 percent of the
public can really hear. When I say hear, I mean follow a horn player
through his ideas, and be able to understand those ideas in relation to
the changes, if the changes are completely modern. Dixie is different -
it's easier to follow, and rock is even simpler than Dixie, except for
the music of a few really fine rock musicians (or variations
thereof)...”
(Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr., trombettista e cantante; Yale, 23 dicembre 1929 – Amsterdam, 13 maggio 1988)