Direct Quote by Cannonball Adderley

Many of the jazz musicians whom are no longer here. You don't realize that it's history when it is happening and then time passes…

— Carol Friedman

Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.

— Duke Ellington

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

— Herbie Hancock

I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.

— Sam Shepard

Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.

— Pat Martino

If America has a future, Jazz has a future. The two are inseparable.

— George Russell

I don't know where jazz is going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.

— Thelonious Monk

Jazz will be the classical music of the future.

— Dizzy Gillespie

The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we…

— Wynton Marsalis

Nobody knows where jazz is going, because nobody has ever known where jazz was going. I mean, you couldn't possibly predict the Swing Era…

— Gary Giddins

Jazz has endured because it doesn't have a beginning or an ending. It's a moment.

— Robert Altman

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

— Steve Lacy