Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom! — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby. — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
Jazz has endured because it doesn't have a beginning or an ending. It's a moment. — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. — David Antin Copy Share Image
It's always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she's… — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
My other friends are in music relaxation class, which I do not attend, because smooth jazz makes me angry sometimes. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
All of us '60s pop stars came from old cities which had a jazz club, a folk club, a coffee house, and… — Donovan Copy Share Image
There aren't any labels - all jazz means is improvization and you can never play a tune the same way twice. So… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
My D'Angelico is a jazz archtop guitar. That guitar was made for Glenn Miller's guitar player in 1939. It's a '39 D'Angelico… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within… — Greg Thomas Copy Share Image
People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen… — Roy Ayers 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
It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends,… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
I came from being a singer going into jazz. And that's one of the things that polio did for me is it… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
“Do we not each dream of dreams? Do we not dance on the notes of lost memories? Then are we not each… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
People who are qualified are symphonic orchestra players and jazz musicians; they're qualified to do what they do. Rock stars are lucky.… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
It's all about respect; he's looking for respect from his buddies. In the last one he just wanted to hang out, to… — John Leguizamo 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
Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Sometimes I see players that think, and you can tell they're thinking of the next phrase to play or the next thing… — Sonny Sharrock Copy Share Image
Justin [Di Cioccio] was [at Laguardia School of Arts]. He later took over at Manhattan. But I knew Justin through the McDonald's… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
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