Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.

The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful Democracy with…

— James McGreevey

I learned a lot about American history though jazz, and that's why I loved American history when I was in high school. I could…

— Ron Cephas Jones

They don't really focus on that history here in America. I remember growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over. They didn't…

— Aldis Hodge

I walk out into a nature such as the old prophets and poets Menu, Moses, Homer, Chaucer, walked in. You may name it America,…

— Henry David Thoreau

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

— Steve Lacy

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

— Billy Higgins

The podcast 'A History of Jazz' began telling its story in February - 100 years after the recording of 'Livery Stable Blues' by the…

— David Hepworth

The history of jazz for the last 45 years has come through the Monterey Jazz Festival stages. I think there's developed a legacy and…

— Tim Jackson

Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides…

— Billy Taylor

The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we…

— Wynton Marsalis

In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living…

— Mike Figgis

I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

— Steve Lacy

Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.

— Sarah Palin

By the way, Howard Zinn's History of America is front and center at the gift shop of the New York Historical Society. The New…

— Rush Limbaugh

Very much like African-Americans, the history of America is taking away resources, whether it's labor or whether it's land from one racial group to…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr