Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

There was a time, from 1935-1946, when teenagers and young adults danced to jazz-orientated bands. When jazz orchestras dominated pop charts and when influential clarinettists… — Scott Yanow
Frankie Randall is a consummate performer. He is an exquisite jazz pianist and wonderful singer. I had the great pleasure to work with him on… — Lainie Kazan
Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at. — Pete Townshend
In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side.… — Chet Baker
I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. — Chuck Mangione
In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz. — Chuck Mangione
I write pop songs. But I think it is sprinkled with a lot of counter-culture references. It ranged from rap to hip hop to trip… — Nelly Furtado
And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African American… — Kurt Vonnegut
Jazz presumes that it would be nice if the four of us-simpatico dudes that we are-while playing this complicated song together, might somehow be free… — Dave Hickey
Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time! — Art Blakey
Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop… — Miles Davis
Jazz was my first love. — Frankie Valli
Jazz is the music of the body. — Anais Nin
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality. — Mose Allison
I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself. — Chet Baker
I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are… — Sonny Rollins
Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that… — Laura Mvula
I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I… — Laura Mvula
My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz. — Rachel Stevens
A lot of EDM is not bad at all when it's simple, but a lot of it is not really musical. That's just what I… — Unknown Author
Say That! is an iron fist upside the mushy head of smooth jazz, and Grant Geissman's defiant declaration of independence. — Bill Milkowski
The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm — Langston Hughes
Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own. — Tama Janowitz
I suppose it was later on that I realized that there was some reaction among the musicians themselves, some of whom resented the success of… — Ashley Kahn
Paul's One Way Out is a fresh, intelligently arranged, and satisfyingly complete telling of the lengthy (and unlikely) history of the group that almost singlehandedly… — Ashley Kahn

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