Audience Quote by Chad Hugo

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get…

— Eric Burdon

When I started saxophone, my dad took me to my uncle's church, and I started playing there, too. At its best, music serves a…

— Kamasi Washington

Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thing, and…

— Brian McKnight

I got into music when I was a little boy. My dad was always into jazz. I got my education from him. The first…

— Ted King

I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.

— Herbie Hancock

My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more…

— Bill Crow

Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to…

— Wynton Marsalis

I've played drums since I was 15. My sisters and I all played instruments. I kind of started with piano and then I actually…

— Miles Teller

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

— Van Morrison

I started out playing traditional jazz, and I still do: I love standards, I love the music. But it must move on, and it…

— Robert Glasper

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

— Wyclef Jean