People need to realize that even the greatest jazz musicians, when they listen to jazz, they're not like, analyzing it and deconstructing… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That's a little bit too much. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
“Not to be confused with Der Flügel, which is an earlier form of the baby grand piano, the Flugelhorn is a wind… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other. — David Steinberg Copy Share Image
“It might seem a contradiction but... the ability to improvise requires lots of practice. Ask any jazz musician.” — Ted Agon Copy Share Image
Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician. — Andy Richter 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
Many jazz musicians affect a misunderstood-genius air when they play, which alienates the audience and breaks down the communications of the music.… — Gabor Szabo Copy Share Image
When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Even when I was studying musical theater in college, after I would have theory at 8 in the morning and be on… — Joshua Henry Copy Share Image
You know, as kids were weren't jazz musicians or anything. But, the circle of friends and the neighborhood I lived in, we… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That… — Wynton Marsalis 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
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
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
The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such that a truly competent performer must be prepared to function as an on-the-spot composer… — Albert Murray Copy Share Image
I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I don't listen to a lot of music when I have my free time. But I'll go to a jazz club and… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
