Capable Quote by Gary Burton

Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.

— Gary Burton

Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians…

— Jane Siberry

Of course, right away I got more interested in the far-out jazz than the traditional jazz, so I quickly was turned onto the John…

— Jherek Bischoff

I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

— Kurt Elling

I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will…

— Sonny Rollins

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form of jazz…

— Charlie Haden

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz…

— Charlie Haden

Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way.…

— Kurt Elling

There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

— Henri Matisse

I grew up in the funk, rock and roll, blues and r&b tradition, and I came to this thing we call jazz later. And…

— Hamid Drake

I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what I do. There are a very…

— Jamie Cullum

Now as jazz musicians we're saying for this society, you can free up your imagination. You can proceed in an area without much information…

— Paul Bley