Benny Goodman quotes.

"White and black together make music good.

"I wanted to do something exciting that was good and INNOVATIVE.

"I had this great desire to have A BAND of my own WHICH was not EASY to do.

"Like a good football TEAM...

"If you're going to attack a NOTE just do it.

"...simplicity itself only in THE BEST possible way.

"That introduction is the STORM before the BLUE sky.

"And Benny said, "You know one thing?" He said, "It takes the BLACK keys and the WHITE keys both to make PERFECT harmony. (Lionel Hampton)

"Quality is epiphany illuminated by a jewel of the lotus. (Michael Erick Robinovitza Longhi (Michael Robinson)

- Michael Eric Robinson Longhi, October 2024, Los Angeles

© 2024 Michael Robinson all rights reserved

Michael Eric Robinoson Longhi is a Los Angeles-based composer, programmer, pianist and musicologist. His 200 albums include 153 albums for meruvina and 47 albums of piano improvisations. Robinson has been a lecturer at UCLA, Bard College and California State University Long Beach and Dominguez Hills.