Band Quote by David Hepworth

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

Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.

— Ron Cephas Jones

In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living…

— Mike Figgis

What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans…

— Damien Chazelle

Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock n' roll,…

— The Edge

“ORIGIN OF JAZZ It was 1906. People were coming and going as usual along Perdido Street in a poor neighborhood of New Orleans. A…

— Eduardo Galeano

New Orleans jazz is a complex and embracing art form that began about the same time as the blues and encompassed many of its…

— Tim Cahill

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

— Steve Lacy

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?

— Ken Burns

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

— Sam Shepard