Dave Quote by Chris Cortez

I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's…

— Sonny Rollins

The only reason is that I hadn't seen The Modern Jazz Quartet perform live and a live performance is often where the real experience…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You basically have to play everything (in New Orleans), because you're getting calls to play gigs of all different styles, from classical to R&B…

— Harry Connick, Jr

You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and…

— Art Blakey

I do find modern jazz quite tricky.

— Jane Asher

I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.

— Gary Burton

I do modern jazz and contemporary combined. I like to feel strong, flexible, and so there is stretching involved.

— Natalia Vodianova

I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18.

— Roy Harper

I took ballet, tap, modern and jazz growing up.

— Quinta Brunson

If someone sits and stares at you while you eat, you won't even eat the way you normally do, because it'll make you so…

— Dave Chappelle

At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby…

— Kevin Hart

Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as Amy Tan,…

— Otto Penzler