Carolina Quotes
Any music that is written to praise God is good—I don't care what religion it comes under. So there will be, in the future, a groovy number of Baha'is composing music praising God—heavenly music. That's what you get when you're dealing in the spirit. We're dealing in spirit now in jazz. Any work that you do praising God is good. Music, certainly, can transcend the soul to a higher level.
Dizzy Gillespie Carolinian
Source
Interview with Les Tomkins, Ronnie Scott's, London, 1973; published in Crescendo, September and October 1973
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- interview
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- Interview with Les Tomkins
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- 1973
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“Any music that is written to praise God is good—I don't care…” Dizzy Gillespie. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-BE5B9EFF6D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/be5b9eff6d
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