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
My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands.… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I prefer music where melody, harmony and rhythm come together and no one element overshadows the other. Jazz at its best is… — Jimmy Heath Copy Share Image
I don't separate one era of jazz from another, because I listen to everybody... Everybody takes from everybody else and adds their… — Sonny Criss Copy Share Image
If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey,… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
My band, Miles Long, is a jazz-funk spoken word band. There's jazz sensibilities, but I'm a bass player, so I'm very much… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
You listen to a Metallica song, and you listen to the drums, and they're not necessarily swinging, but the arrangements are different.… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. It's… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Introvert conversations are like jazz, where each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
Don't we look suspicious, the three of us just sitting here in the car?" Borden asked. We'd look a lot more suspicious… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
When I was in New York, I put together a show; I put together this really great band and performed at this… — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
I've always been a jazz fan, but I don't write much about jazz, because I don't have the chops. But it's really,… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
We're [with Robbie Robertson ] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
He didn't say nothing. He would just do things. He never said nothing or explained nothing. He just would do it and… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
Growing up, I listened and was influenced by a lot of those around me. I have a big family, and my dad… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording,… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and… — Doc Severinsen Copy Share Image
There are three virtuous styles of music; classical, jazz and heavy metal. I do love classical music but I don't listen to… — Gregor Schwellenbach Copy Share Image
Within the context of Western music, jazz has always contained certain radical or revolutionary aspects. These are: improvisation, collective composition and individuality… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
I like to hear the brass vibrate in the sound, not the reed. I like a dark sound, which is contrary to… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Robert Altman made that movie Kansas City about the jazz scene in the city, and we saw that band all together, and… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a… — Count Basie Copy Share Image
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk… — Moby Copy Share Image
I knew what real instruments I wanted and, in some cases, who I wanted to play them. I had started listening to… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different… — Caity Lotz Copy Share Image
You don't show respect to Frank Sinatra and his great example by trying to sound exactly like him. You show it by… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to… — Cannonball Adderley Copy Share Image
Before I start, I create a set list that I listen to while I'm writing. For 'Intimate Apparel,' I loaded Erik Satie,… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
If you asked people, "Do you like jazz?" they would be like, "not at all." But I think that if you're really… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
My mother grew up strong. She was a charismatic leader among her peers, staging plays, organizing projects, raising money for charity; she… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
My audience went, 'Wait, why is she singing jazz? What's going on?' And then they went, 'Oh, because she can. Because she… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
There comes a time when you've toured a ton, and a time to be inspired again. Listen to awesome jazz records that… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
![“We're [with Robbie Robertson ] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that means improvization...you play a tune the way it feels and you play it differently every time. It can never be the same.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/978/van-morrison-1192_feels_we-re-with-robbie-robertson-jazz-musicia_376618.jpg)
![“He didn't say nothing. He would just do things. He never said nothing or explained nothing. He just would do it and that was it. You were on your own. You had to be very independent being around John [Coltrane].” quote by Pharoah Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b0c/pharoah-sanders-51634_coltrane_he-didn-t-say-nothing-he-would-just-do-t_1943227.jpg)
![“I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I'd never heard before or since. To be honest with you, I didn't much like it at first.” quote by Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a05/count-basie-25671_being-honest_i-ll-always-remember-when-i-first-heard_1061475.jpg)
