Jazz Quote by Kurt Elling

I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.

— Cassandra Wilson

I have a sketch of an idea and I never really talk about: perhaps do another jazz record, but with other elements involved.

— Dianne Reeves

Jazz is not about getting and playing whatever notes you want. It is about reworking themes in a manner that sounds good, that can…

— John Kao

Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.

— Herbie Hancock

I'm a jazz performer - I have to improvise with what I'm given.

— Apollo Robbins

Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as they make…

— Wynton Marsalis

In fact, jazz has such a great feeling and great emotional content that it really doesn't require you to have technical understanding of it.…

— Dave Holland

I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.

— Norman Granz

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

— Mulgrew Miller

If you don't already know about jazz music, how would you be exposed? How would get an opportunity to find out if it spoke…

— Esperanza Spalding

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

I want to expand jazz; I don't want to keep the audience limited. I want to reach people who have never come to a…

— Charlie Haden