Jazz Quote by Jherek Bischoff

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

Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers.…

— 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

Growing up playing jazz and improvising has had a big impact on me, and it translates into my music.

— Stephen Bruner

For better or for worse, I think my approach to jazz is very traditional, in one sense, but is [also] very out of fashion…

— Jose James

I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music.

— Sonny Rollins

Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all…

— David Sanborn

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.

— Warren Zevon

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

— Jan Garbarek

I love playing jazz because I love the freedom you have to improvise. It has given me a feeling in my classical repertoire of…

— Julian Bream

I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every genre and…

— Lizz Wright

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

— George Gershwin