There were two things I discovered when I toured with Snoop. One was that the band was all jazz musicians. The second… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
There's been this perception that Europeans still hold on to, that they discover the real talented ones in American culture and give… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I'd been studying philosophy at the University of Chicago. I hadn't been doing well, because I was sitting in with jazz musicians… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
If income was directly proportional to technical proficiency and education, classical and jazz musicians would be some of the most affluent people… — Robert Emerson Coleman Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility. — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians are the coolest people on the planet. Can I have some cool? — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I started to listen to Japanese jazz musicians when I went to high school. Some people I listened to were Yosuke Yamashita,… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
“Almost immediately after jazz musicians arrived in Paris, they began to gather in two of the city’s most important creative neighborhoods: Montmartre… — Jeffrey H. Jackson Copy Share Image
I never gave up on that idea, you know, that jazz musicians have the same opportunity as everybody else and that it's… — George Benson Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians like John Coltrane needed these very clear titles for their abstract music, and your decision to bring voices into your… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Regarding jam sessions: Jazz musicians are the only workers I can think of who are willing to put in a full shift… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as… — George Benson Copy Share Image
“CIA Interrogator: Have you ever met any jazz musicians you would describe, or who would describe themselves, as anarchists? Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
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 would say I take a lot of inspiration from jazz and I borrow a lot of principles from it and classical… — Laufey Copy Share Image
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
Hamp would ask me about tempos in the band: 'Jacquet,' he'd say, 'knock off that tempo.' A lot of jazz musicians didn't… — Illinois Jacquet Copy Share Image
The most important thing to do as an artist is to get out of your comfort zone and work with different people:… — Katie Noonan Copy Share Image
For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Lars Ulrich is not a jazz drummer, but he grew up listening to jazz. Why? Because his father, Torben - an incredible… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
