Classical music Quote by Ginnie Bedggood

I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic…

— David Bowie

Jazz is America's classical music.

— Billy Taylor

I would also like to mention pianists like Michel Petrucciani or Chick Сorea for whom I have great admiration in the jazz field.

— Richard Clayderman

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 enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around…

— Sonny Rollins

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

— Henri Matisse

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try…

— Art Blakey

I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an adult have…

— Tony Bennett

We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.

— Michael Nutter

The history of jazz for the last 45 years has come through the Monterey Jazz Festival stages. I think there's developed a legacy and…

— Tim Jackson

The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of our people.

— Wynton Marsalis

I love classical jazz.

— SZA