History Quote by Billy Higgins

The people in Japan love jazz music, man, and also in Europe, far more than they ever did here. And that always puzzled me…

— Milt Jackson

The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too…

— Art Blakey

Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.

— Ahmad Alaadeen

There are a lot of people who wonder why Japan is a pretty consistent influence in my music, and I think it's because the…

— Porter Robinson

Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that…

— Sonny Rollins

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try…

— Art Blakey

It's a little bit different to than U.S. in Japan. U.S. has a lot of respect for the sports, but not as much in…

— Kei Nishikori

We were worried at first that our music and message wouldn't get across because we were singing in Japanese. But as we continued doing…

— Yui Mizuno

Seeing so many comments on our YouTube channel from people all over the world, even if they don't understand Japanese, made me realize that…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent…

— Nobuo Uematsu

I've largely focused on Japan my whole career, so I was interested to see how my music would be received by people of different…

— Joe Hisaishi

Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.

— Ron Cephas Jones