Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
When people get up on the stage and say, "I've got AIDS," or "I'm in recovery," gosh, it's hard for them. It's… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
“The birth of the civil rights movement was intimately bound up in the spread of jazz music throughout the United States. It… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent… — Pete La Roca Copy Share Image
I find that in California I can't find guys that have enough energy. They play a little bit and that's about it.… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
I read an interview with a Japanese freestyle jazz musician once, and he said something like, "Everything I'm going to tell you… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy… — Christian McBride Copy Share Image
It might be David Adjaye talking about how the structure of jazz music informs his architecture, it might be the musician Terry… — Doug Aitken Copy Share Image
Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn't mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music… — Jaimoe Copy Share Image
[John Coltrane] liked my qualities as a person and that's the reason why he let me play with him. It wasn't what… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
Jazz music celebrates life! Human life; the range of it, the absurdity of it, the ignorance of it, the greatness of it,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
You know the actor John Garfield? In one movie he walked up to this train station, the ticket booth, and the guy… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
As for what I look for, I don't know any other way to put it, but I look for truth, and honesty,… — Trevante Rhodes Copy Share Image
A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator,… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
![“The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I was growing up. My parents loved jazz music, so on Saturday [laughing] it would be the "Longine's Symphonettes," and on Sunday it was Mahalia Jackson.” quote by Dianne Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/dianne-reeves-4711_doors_the-singer-who-really-opened-the-door-fo_737768.png)
![“[John Coltrane] liked my qualities as a person and that's the reason why he let me play with him. It wasn't what I was doing musically or my instrument or anything like that. He let me play whatever I wanted to play.” quote by Pharoah Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/pharoah-sanders-51634_coltrane_john-coltrane-liked-my-qualities-as-a-pe_2964373.jpg)
