Jazz Quote by Lee Konitz

That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but…

— Charlie Hunter

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know…

— Oscar Peterson

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 main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.

— Eldar Djangirov

Nobody has ever been able to define Jazz satisfactorily. This is probably because anyone who was capable of doing so never really wanted to,…

— Mary Kingsley

The whole idea of jazz came about was the interpretation of the human dialogue, trading fours. When someone's soloing and someone picks up the…

— Wendell Pierce

I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main…

— Tom Waits

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

I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.

— Thelonious Monk

Jazz has a lot to do with being very present. You know the structure, then you flow through it.

— Lizz Wright

In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge.

— Jelly Roll Morton