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I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, 'Where have you been?' and I said right here for now on!

Jerome Richardson

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Jerome Richardson
Age: 79 †
Born: 1920
Born: November 15
Died: 2000
Died: June 23
Composer
Jazz Musician
Musician
Saxophonist
Oakland
California
Jerome C. Richardson
Tenor
Tenors
Picked
Satisfied
Right
Trying
Really
Never
Alto

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What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact.
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Each instrument has something to say to you. It's got its own character. Each horn has its own character and will say to you certain things. If you violate that, it's almost a sacrilege!
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Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall and running off the stage and playing the same time. It's old hat!
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