You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one musician from that category was even thought… — Joseph Jarman Copy Share Image
Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play. — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
Once the jazz musician learns all the fundamentals they can keep track of a lot of choices in an instant. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the… — David Amram Copy Share Image
You can't make jazz without using certain elements of Latin music. — Jelly Roll Morton Copy Share Image
I'm into a lot of different types of music - pretty much everything from blue grass to jazz to dub step to… — Britne Oldford Copy Share Image
I once tried to sing jazz for real. But jazz didn't do it for me. You can't have jazz without a jazz… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
Truth be told, I think jazz is a mind-set. It's not necessarily, like, this guy picked up a horn and did this… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
Ome kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
If I want to do an orchestral record, if I want to do an acoustic record, if I want to do a… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
“History doesn’t start with a tall building and a card with your name written on it, but jokes do. I think someone… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
“And I like Strauss and Mozart and all that, but the priceless gift that African Americans gave the world when they were… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging --… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music. — Tom Harrell Copy Share Image
New Orleans jazz is a complex and embracing art form that began about the same time as the blues and encompassed many… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
From the food to the Mardi Gras Indians to the brass bands and the second liners parading through the street, Jazz Fest… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I had a checklist in my mind of the things that make a biography practical. Is the source material centralized? Is it… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
Companies have to take risks to get new knowledge, in a manner similar to how jazz musicians take risks when they go… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Is punk rock really music, or is it really just an attitude? I get into that discussion with people all of the… — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
... I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time ... I'll never forget listening to my… — John Pizzarelli Copy Share Image
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
Playing solo with an audience for an hour and 30 minutes without a break means I have to, as the jazz cats… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
