Ability Quote by Mulgrew Miller

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician

— Michael Parkinson

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.

— Ken Burns

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

— Henri Matisse

There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

— Henri Matisse

There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.

— Stan Getz

Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic jazz criticism.

— Nat Hentoff

As any jazz musician knows, it takes flexibility and adaptability for improvisation to create beauty.

— Doc Childre

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

— Miles Davis

That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think.

— Kurt Elling

“The structure of a jazz performance is, like that of the New York skyline, a tension of cross-purposes. In jazz at its characteristic best,…

— Anonymous

The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better word, self-confidence.

— Kurt Elling

I've tried to learn as much as I can about the great jazz singers to understand what makes them important, vital artists, but there…

— Kurt Elling