Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it. — Dexter Gordon
Man, as long as people want to hear Jazz, I'll give it to them. — Lionel Hampton
It's always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she's the same old… — Lionel Hampton
Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners. — Herbie Hancock
What kills me is that everybody thinks I like Jazz. — Samuel L. Jackson
Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play. — Ahmad Jamal
Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms. — Keith Jarrett
Jazz speaks for life. This is triumphant music. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nobody has ever been able to define Jazz satisfactorily. This is probably because anyone who was capable of doing so never really wanted to, knowing… — Unknown Author
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz. — Lee Konitz
Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary. — Lee Konitz
I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever. — Steve Lacy
Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it. — Steve Lacy
Jazz is so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself. — Branford Marsalis
So much of Jazz doesn't have an audience other than music students or musicians. — Branford Marsalis
Jazz music is the power of now. — Wynton Marsalis
Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz. — Wynton Marsalis
In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's no… — Wynton Marsalis
There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience. — Henri Matisse
Jazz music is a language of the emotions. — Charles Mingus
Just because I'm playing Jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me the way I feel through Jazz. — Charles Mingus
I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it. — Thelonious Monk
Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge. — Jelly Roll Morton
It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the cradle of Jazz and I, myself, happened to be the creator in the year… — Jelly Roll Morton
The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances. — Madeleine Peyroux

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