Europe Quote by Dexter Gordon

There's a jazz influence in my music in general.

— Alexandre Desplat

There's been this perception that Europeans still hold on to, that they discover the real talented ones in American culture and give them proper…

— Andrew Bird

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…

— Chet Baker

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

— Yo-Yo Ma

Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal.

— Darryl Pinckney

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

— Tom Harrell

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles.

— Andrew S. Gilbert

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

— Esperanza Spalding

If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope…

— Don Ellis

Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.

— Ahmad Alaadeen

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

— Herbie Hancock