Wonderful things Quote by Henri Matisse

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

— Henri Matisse

The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances.

— Madeleine Peyroux

Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn…

— Herbie Hancock

In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the…

— Damien Chazelle

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

— Mulgrew Miller

“And the thing about jazz, through all the business involved in practicing and improvement, it's always sweet: the improvement that you notice in the…

— Wynton Marsalis

As any jazz musician knows, it takes flexibility and adaptability for improvisation to create beauty.

— Doc Childre

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.

— Ken Burns

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

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.

— Dianne Reeves