Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom! Christian Scott 20thafricanboom Change image and share on social
I kind of prefer to be sort of ahead of the pack checking things out, priming the canvas, if you will, for the younger guys that are going to come up and try to make their own statements about what they feel and what they have to contribute. Christian Scott aheadcanvascheck share on social
Depending on what you allow, you can still get the blues, man. I'm still trying to figure out where the blues really lies, where the street is. Christian Scott bluedependfigure Change image and share on social
At Mardi Gras, the different tribes will basically play war games, and so my brother is what you call a Flag Boy, which is more of less like a tribe's diplomat. He carries the game's standard and is really the line of where the game starts. Christian Scott basicallyboybrother share on social
We didn't have much, but I was raised to believe if you had books, you had a lot. My grandfather and my parents made me and my twin brother Kiel read at least a book a week. Christian Scott bookbrothergrandfather Change image and share on social
It's funny because as a composer, you want to hear your songs live on. I think a lot of times people will create a song and it becomes stagnant or something that they're no longer interested in playing, and they leave it alone. Christian Scott composercreatefunny share on social
It doesn't matter if I ever win another award or get to play another major jazz festival in America. I would rather not garner any of those things and speak honestly about the things that I see my people endure in this country and all over the world. Christian Scott americaawardcountry share on social
My main horn is a hybrid of a flugelhorn a coronet and a trumpet, but that's really because, for me, each instrument to me had a different voice, and I liked them all, but I didn't like any one of them singularly. Christian Scott coronetflugelhornhorn share on social
New Orleans is a place where people are deliberately undereducated so that they can be a labour class - the economy there is tourism, and one of the only outlets that black males have traditionally been allowed is to play jazz music, y'know? Christian Scott allowblackclass share on social
The one thing that I've learned is that people don't change. Each new generation has the same stuff that the last one did. It's one of those things where jazz kind of works in five-year cycles. Christian Scott changecyclegeneration Change image and share on social
