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title: "4 Today Jazz Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Today Jazz quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Today Jazz sayings and thoughts."
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> [Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toots-thielemans/today-jazz-is-still-very-much-alive-everywhere-i-go-there-s-a-new/)

[Toots Thielemans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toots-thielemans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/toots-thielemans-44871_alive_today-jazz-is-still-very-much-alive-ever_363621.jpg)

> [Today Jazz music is performed & listened to by people of all ethnicity, backgrounds, ages & creeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/today-jazz-music-is-performed-listened-to-by-people-of-all-ethnicity/)

[Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/michelle-obama-518_age_today-jazz-music-is-performed-listened-t_1217833.jpg)

> [Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/somehow-i-suspect-that-if-shakespeare-were-alive-today-he-might-be-a/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/duke-ellington-7513_alive_somehow-i-suspect-that-if-shakespeare-we_1837034.jpg)

> [My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/my-mother-is-a-singer-still-performs-today-she-s-a-jazz-singer/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/jan-hammer-34036_jazz_my-mother-is-a-singer-still-performs-tod_2482074.png)

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