Concerned Quote by Norman Granz

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.

— Norman Granz

I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.

— Sam Shepard

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market…

— Robert Glasper

We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?

— Ken Burns

Nobody knows where jazz is going, because nobody has ever known where jazz was going. I mean, you couldn't possibly predict the Swing Era…

— Gary Giddins

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

— Steve Lacy

There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct…

— Cannonball Adderley

Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.

— Pat Martino

It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a…

— Donald Fagen

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.

— Toots Thielemans

Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

— Pat Metheny