Approach Quote by Jose James

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

— Nina Simone

I think jazz is the foundation for a lot of great musicians, and then after that, you know, it's this broad expression of things…

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Mulgrew Miller

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

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

— Esperanza Spalding

Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand…

— Wynton Marsalis

My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much…

— Booker Little

I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what I do. There are a very…

— Jamie Cullum

Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by…

— Nat Wolff

I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

— John Scofield

I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing, what you're…

— Herb Alpert