I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion. — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
Cicadas, buckling and unbuckling their stomach muscles, yield the sound of someone sharpening scissors. Fall field crickets, the thermometer hounds, add high-pitched… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
There's a more experimental album that follows that, which is like Black Magic and While You Were Sleeping. Then there's a return… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I'm a rock drummer. I couldn't sit down and pretend to be a jazz drummer. — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
Jazz goes into folk music, into rock music. Jazz is in practically everything except classical music where they're reading the same music… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I grew up doing tap, jazz, and ballet, so I understand rhythm and movement and performing. — Victoria Arlen Copy Share Image
It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
In England, we'd leave school at 15 and go on to a college, and I went to further education in a town… — Donovan Copy Share Image
Jazz is a big thing with me. It's a very big passion of mine, to play it. I'm an amateur musician and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only… — Cab Calloway Copy Share Image
Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
If I have to be considered any type of jazz artist, it would be New Orleans jazz because New Orleans jazz never… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I still go out, but not a lot. If I go to see music, it's usually to the Blue Note, jazz clubs,… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
Scott Feiner is a soulful magnet for the fusion of Brazilian and jazz music... — Kurt Rosenwinkel Copy Share Image
When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach. — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I grew up playing the saxophone. I joined the jazz band in high school, but somewhere along the way I realized the… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
I regard singing pretty much like acting. Each song is like playing a different role. I get very involved with my material.… — Peggy Lee Copy Share Image
I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially… — Rick Moranis Copy Share Image
Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
