I just got to hear every no... by Carla Bley, an American Musician

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“I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.”

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Carla Bley

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Name: Carla Bley

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: May 11, 1938

Profession: Musician

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One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'.

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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.

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Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.

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I write very slowly.

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I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.

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