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A portrait of the young Charlie Parker with a degree of vivid detail never before approached. . . [Kansas City Lightning is] a deft,…

— Tom Piazza

I'm a jazz musician by education and vocation, but I don't think jazz should [ dictate] what I want to do.

— Dave Douglas

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that…

— Herb Alpert

I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view to work…

— Marcus Miller

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

— Pat Metheny

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference.

— Georgie Fame

I think jazz is the foundation for a lot of great musicians, and then after that, you know, it's this broad expression of things…

— Dianne Reeves

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't.…

— Kenny G

I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.

— Norman Granz

I think of jazz as being homage through innovation. Don't quote that as a definition, but it comes pretty close.

— Kurt Elling

You would be surprised how many people that are very passionate about classical music are deeply involved in Hip Hop. You would think Jazz…

— Thomas Hampson

I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.

— Rita Coolidge