Our intention is to not only attract the hardcore jazz fan, but we're doing it in such a way that it will… — Ramsey Lewis Copy Share Image
My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I think people psych themselves out before they listen to jazz a lot, thinking that they have to, like, put on a… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I had always been a jazz fan - Django Reinhardt, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, the early George Benson. And I… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
All that I've played, all that I've sung, I couldn't have done any other way. — Jack Teagarden Copy Share Image
We grew up with musicians coming over jamming. We had tons of instruments. So holidays were always like, 50 people would come… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
People with talent are not interested in showing off behind another person. They're more interested in the music. [Charlie Parker] was playing… — Helen Merrill Copy Share Image
My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz. — Rachel Stevens Copy Share Image
Improvisation was the blood and bone of jazz, and in the classic, New Orleans jazz it was collective improvisation in which each… — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks too Duke Ellington. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that… — Marc Myers Copy Share Image
Jazz is all about that. It's bending things and breaking away from what's on the page and improvising. — Laufey Copy Share Image
Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me. — Justin Guarini Copy Share Image
In Berkley, they have academic studies on all genres of music including rock and jazz, but in India, we don't have serious… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you 'sell' only to people of a certain age, you get… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'm a classically trained jazz pianist - I've been playing since I was 3 years old. — Daya Copy Share Image
Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste. — Sarah Vaughan Copy Share Image
When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
When you are so strongly drawn to music, you can't not be a musician. — Debbie Davies Copy Share Image
