I love that [ late-50s Verve recordings] - to me, that's the epitome of vocal jazz. It's my favorite style and era… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences. — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life. — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player — Karen Black Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that… — J. J. Johnson Copy Share Image
I wore a $30 vintage wedding dress for my 8th birthday in an underground jazz club in Seattle. This was what I wanted. — Dove Cameron Copy Share Image
The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
My passion for gaming is well-known among both the Utah Jazz and my team in France. — Rudy Gobert Copy Share Image
If you met my dad, I think a lot of things would be put to rest. Because my pops is a pretty… — Eric San Copy Share Image
The most ironic thing is my grandfather has his masters in music composition; he was a jazz composer. My dad was a… — Travis Scott Copy Share Image
That's what I tell my students at California Institute of the Arts where I taught for 27 years. I taught them if… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
When I first played some Coltrane-type stuff on the 'Pimp a Butterfly' sessions, Kendrick got it immediately. 'I want it to sound… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I… — Wagner Moura Copy Share Image
The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to… — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz musicians had got their training by joining… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
Jazz stopped being creative in the early '80s. After your acoustic era, where you had the likes of the Miles Davis Quintet,… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
My dad, was, by trade, he had a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He's a huge, huge jazz fan. He used to travel… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
I've been trained in dancing and I used to be quite good, though I am a bit rusty right now. But I… — Brittany Murphy Copy Share Image
But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have… — Amy Ray Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a jazz player, and my music as a natural extension of the jazz tradition. What I'm doing… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
When people get up on the stage and say, "I've got AIDS," or "I'm in recovery," gosh, it's hard for them. It's… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
The average age of the Jazz audience is increasing rapidly. Rapidly enough to suggest that there is no replacement among young people.… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
I had an affinity for music and could play anything I heard on the piano, but I wasn't scholastically advanced in any… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
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