Happened Quote by Ken Burns

I don't know where jazz is going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.

— Thelonious Monk

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

— Herbie Hancock

They say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back.

— Art Blakey

I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.

— Sam Shepard

Nobody knows where jazz is going, because nobody has ever known where jazz was going. I mean, you couldn't possibly predict the Swing Era…

— Gary Giddins

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market…

— Robert Glasper

Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.

— Pat Martino

I don't know if the music moves forward anymore. I haven't heard anything for years - except refinement - coming out of the jazz…

— Paul Smoker

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.

— Toots Thielemans

Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to…

— Quincy Jones

Jazz is about being in the moment.

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.

— Keith Jarrett