Band Quote by Gerry Mulligan

It's pretty rare in jazz to have a full-on steady band.

— Kurt Elling

I've always loved jazz.

— Rita Coolidge

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

— Esperanza Spalding

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

— Kurt Elling

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

— Alexandre Desplat

Jazz musicians have always tended to have cult followings, which is pretty wonderful.

— Dianne Reeves

Jazz is a part of me.

— Kamasi Washington

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.

— David Sanborn

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

— Yo-Yo Ma

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

— Jane Monheit