When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
As a kid, I would listen to anything that had a live orchestra or ensemble playing, so that covered everything from show… — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
You may have holes in your shoes, but don't let the people out front know it. Shine the tops. — Earl Hines Copy Share Image
What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to… — John Polson Copy Share Image
Dizzy, Duke and Charlie Parker were the greatest jazz legends of all time. — Milt Jackson Copy Share Image
One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians. — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz? — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something.… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing. — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Free music is in a constant state of surprise and, consequently, presents no surprise at all. So, I'm not really a fan… — Pete La Roca Copy Share Image
I didn't like progressive jazz or anything. Rock was something I like to listen to. — Floor Jansen Copy Share Image
I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
Are you kidding? That's the music of the spheres, commissar. It's beautiful. Like old jazz. — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
There were two things I discovered when I toured with Snoop. One was that the band was all jazz musicians. The second… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
To have a platform like So You Think You Can Dance, where you're reaching this audience that's been created over the 10… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
