You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Oh, I was a real Nirvana kid. I got into jazz because I listened to a lot of metal, Megadeth and that,… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
'Star Trek' scared me a lot more than 'White Jazz.' It terrified me, really. Because of the scale, the responsibility, the fact… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
“Jazz has a strong following in certain circles and there are annual jazz festivals in Puerto Plata and at Casa de Teatro… — Ginnie Bedggood Copy Share Image
The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
When I was young and very green, I worte that tune, Sister Kate, and someone said that's fine, let me publish it… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I… — Roy Eldridge Copy Share Image
I thought I was actually doing quite well - I was on Jazz FM six days a week. I fancied going to… — Tony Blackburn Copy Share Image
Ballet Hispanico is a mixture of ethnic, ballet, social, jazz - you name it, it's doing it. The company has been going… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
A lot of the people that I photograph are master musicians themselves, whether they're singers or great jazz players and it's kind… — Carol Friedman Copy Share Image
If jazz education in our colleges were free to all it would provide thousands of good jobs in the music industry which… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
For better or for worse, I think my approach to jazz is very traditional, in one sense, but is [also] very out… — Jose James Copy Share Image
If we have to put music into baskets, then the progressive rock bands I fell in love with as a teenager made… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
The symphonic orchestras have sponsors, people who give them endowments, and I think it should be the same way with jazz -… — Lee Morgan Copy Share Image
The challenge to the improvisor is to get permanence into his spontaneity. The challenge to the composer is to get spontaneity into… — Barry Finnerty Copy Share Image
What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz.… — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
My dad would play me all of these records: Miles Davis records, John Coltrane records, Bill Evans records, a lot of jazz… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
I especially like Duke Ellington jazz, which is a little more... I lived in New York for a while. I lived in… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
[Lee Morgan] was the only young cat that scared me when he played. He had so much fire and natural feeling. I… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
A jazz musician is not a jazz musician when he or she is eating dinner or when he or she is with… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
I have been influenced by the greatest artists in jazz, pop, reggae, traditional, ballards, pop, and all types of music, taking the… — Laura Pausini Copy Share Image
Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
I wrote my first two long novels and an anthology of short narratives, when I was a manager of my own jazz… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Shoes are a big part of your look. I think that if your outfit isn't really something special, then fun footwear is… — Christian Siriano Copy Share Image
Lizzy Parks. Check this out, this is brilliantShe is a fantastic jazz singer definitely one to watch from now on, she’s got… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
There are any number of players with extensive jazz backgrounds who haven't been able to fit into other styles," "It all boils… — Larry Carlton Copy Share Image
I was introduced to classical music by my grandparents - my parents were mostly into folk and jazz. Even as a young… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Not to deny that it is a thinking people's music, but when I listen to music if I ever catch myself thinking,… — Brian Blade Copy Share Image
When you are busy with all the live shows and bands, world music and jazz music, it takes time to come back… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Jazz was the beginning of rhythm music, which developed into rock and roll. But what the jazz musicians lost because they were… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
We've now got a whole generation of jazz musicians who have been brought up with hip-hop. We've grown up alongside rappers and… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
What isn’t on my iPod playlist? I have very eclectic tastes. Jazz. Classic Rock. Hip Hop. Ska. Soul. Electronica.World Music. Funk. Blues.… — Michele Norris Copy Share Image
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![“For better or for worse, I think my approach to jazz is very traditional, in one sense, but is [also] very out of fashion today. It's about the musicians, and it's about that magic that happens in the moment.” quote by Jose James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/893/jose-james-22349_approach_for-better-or-for-worse-i-think-my-appro_2429982.jpg)
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