Ambition Quote by Jon Pareles

I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds…

— Keith Jarrett

“In a conversation with the master jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Wynton Marsalis, he told me, “You need to have some restrictions in…

— Sheena Iyengar

In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.

— Lee Konitz

Wynton Marsalis is jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.

— Keith Jarrett

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician

— Michael Parkinson

If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope…

— Don Ellis

I've tried to learn as much as I can about the great jazz singers to understand what makes them important, vital artists, but there…

— Kurt Elling

The hardest thing about being a young musician on the jazz scene is that there are so many styles of music, jazz and otherwise,…

— Dave Kikoski

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

— Yo-Yo Ma

If I had to look at 'Now He Sings'... from outside myself, I see it as a natural part of the growth of the…

— Chick Corea

Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic jazz criticism.

— Nat Hentoff

That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think.

— Kurt Elling