Body Quote by Nat Hentoff

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of…

— Bill Laswell

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

— Miles Davis

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

— Wynton Marsalis

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

— Cassandra Wilson

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

— Yo-Yo Ma

People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as you commercialize…

— George Benson

I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

— John Scofield

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.

— Dianne Reeves

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

I grew up in the Great Depression, and the jazz artists and Dixieland musicians were at the core of our communications and enjoyment. They…

— Harry Belafonte

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

— Stan Getz

Angelo is a brilliant jazz talent. His receptivity, seriousness, his ability to execute ideas simple or complex, combined with his love and feel for…

— Mulgrew Miller