I stayed with them for about a year up there and, at night, worked over in Long Island at a club called… — William Bell Copy Share Image
There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they… — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
Over the years, the critics have said, 'They never change.' Maybe the little guy's got a new color of school uniform. I… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that's where our studies were and our… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
In my teen years and early twenties I was really interested in this fellaheen worlds that, of course, Kerouac invokes and wanting… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
At Norwell High School, I played with The Thompson Brothers. I was also in the jazz band. I acted in a lot… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I've always felt that most jazz artists don't need producers .. most jazz artists know what kind of sound they want. They… — Christian McBride Copy Share Image
Just because I'm playing Jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me the way I feel through Jazz. — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
[Jazz musicians] couldn't cut rock. I had to be more limited and specific about what I was doing. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
I've played with jazz and toyed with it when I used to live near the St. Nicholas Pub in Harlem. — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority… — John Corigliano Copy Share Image
Any live venue where there is alcohol served and it's past midnight there is gonna be fights. It doesn't matter if it's… — Slaine Copy Share Image
The 'civil rights' revolutionary groups are a case in point. Their goal is not equality but power. The background of Negro culture… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards, and aims of the urban masses. In… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
The artist is very lucky, because in an art form that's spontaneous like jazz, that's when you really see your true self.… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I was very adamant about not being called a jazz singer, but now I've embraced it. The way I approach music is… — Dee Dee Bridgewater Copy Share Image
I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
The extent of his influence across jazz, across American music, and around the world has such continuing stature that he is one… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
I first met Jelly Roll in Chicago. He was livin' high then. You know, Jelly was a travelin' cat, sharp and good… — Zutty Singleton Copy Share Image
Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I think when you love music, you love a lot of it. Now when it comes to jazz, it's very much in… — Charles Lloyd Copy Share Image
Chico Hamilton told me, "The first take is important in jazz because that's where the real emotion is." That's your true response… — Jose James Copy Share Image
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