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My music instructor from high ...

My music instructor from high school gave me the nickname by the way.

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I suppose 'Fathead' was a '...

I suppose 'Fathead' was a 'mushuginah' sounding name but it stuck.

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A lot of musicians, my peers, ...

A lot of musicians, my peers, have strange nicknames.

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It was not derogatory to me at...

It was not derogatory to me at all. I wasn't offended by the nickname after all it was just a nickname.

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He felt it was a little degrad...

He felt it was a little degrading. I didn't have any qualms about being called 'Fathead'.

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That was his nickname for me. ...

That was his nickname for me. He didn't like to use the term 'Fathead'.

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And then later, around 1960, I...

And then later, around 1960, I played the soprano and then I started playing the flute also.

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Then I switched to the tenor s...

Then I switched to the tenor saxophone in the 1950s because it had become so very popular.

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Because that was the only open...

Because that was the only opening.

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I started out playing the alto...

I started out playing the alto saxophone and later on, when I joined Ray Charles in '54, I started out playing the baritone saxophone.

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Charlie Parker was one of the ...

Charlie Parker was one of the big main influences.

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Charlie Parker was influenced ...

Charlie Parker was influenced by Buster Smith in the early days before joining Jay McShann.

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Charlie Parker would listen to...

Charlie Parker would listen to Buster Smith play and they all called Buster Smith 'prophet'.

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Jay McShann also had a band th...

Jay McShann also had a band there.

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They had a band called the Blu...

They had a band called the Blue Devils.

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Buster Smith had a band there ...

Buster Smith had a band there and he also played with Bennie Moten's band.

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There were great, what they ca...

There were great, what they called, territorial bands that came through Kansas City and stayed there.

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He had bands in Kansas City in...

He had bands in Kansas City in the 1930s when the town was the hub.

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He spent many years living in ...

He spent many years living in Kansas City.

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He was my main influence....

He was my main influence.

David Newman 72 quotes

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