Change Quote by Paul Bley

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

I started out playing traditional jazz, and I still do: I love standards, I love the music. But it must move on, and it…

— Robert Glasper

Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

— Tom Harrell

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

— Herbie Hancock

For better or for worse, I think my approach to jazz is very traditional, in one sense, but is [also] very out of fashion…

— Jose James

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.

— Warren Zevon

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

— Nat Hentoff

I was exposed to jazz early on.

— Mark White

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

— Dave Van Ronk

I didn't really think I liked jazz all that much until I was about 18. That's when the freedom and possibilities of it began…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I don't separate one era of jazz from another, because I listen to everybody... Everybody takes from everybody else and adds their own thing…

— Sonny Criss

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

— John Otto