Booker Little Quotes

United States, Trumpeter
April 2, 1938 – October, 5, 1961.

Booker Little Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He appeared on recordings, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little notably performed with Max Roach, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy and was strongly influenced by Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown. He died at age 23.

Also known as Composer

My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content, on what might be termed humanity in music and the freedom to say all that you want.

Booker Little
- Freedom
- Humanity
- Stress
Jazz should be much less about stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content.

Booker Little