Because people really got tired, too, of the same old formatted sort of thing, and the same old formatted music.
Lester BowieWe expect the listener to have, like, a movie going on when they hear us. That's what it's all about for us.
Lester BowieI always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be a professional musician, and that means you have to feed yourself with the instrument.
Lester Bowie