Able Quote by Larry Carlton

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

— Andrew Bird

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

— Keith Jarrett

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

— Pat Metheny

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

Jazz is a sideways glance at music. It's like being an architect, knowing the basis of design but understanding that the facade can be…

— Melody Gardot

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

A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.

— Pat Metheny

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

— 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

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

— Stan Getz

My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.

— Donald Fagen