Band Quote by Melina Marchetta

Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.

— Percy Heath

There's a wonderful tradition of jazz people getting on stage and jamming and finding some feeling for music with audiences who may be fresh.…

— Al Jarreau

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

— Gerry Mulligan

Jazz is not a game of chance. Its sonorous disorder is only an appearance. It is an organized force obeying obscure laws, conforming to…

— Wanda Landowska

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition…

— Gerry Mulligan

“Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one…

— Tom Piazza

There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening.

— Pat Metheny

It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people being super,…

— Damien Chazelle

Jazz isn't what you do; it's how you do it.

— Fats Waller

It's pretty rare in jazz to have a full-on steady band.

— Kurt Elling

I've never set out to do anything other than get better at guitar and record and have fun. I feel like the Jazzmaster's just…

— Adam Granduciel