Bass Quote by Robert Trujillo

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

— Herbie Hancock

I've always gravitated toward technical music in general. I love jazz fusion.

— Daveed Diggs

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

I've never aspired to make 'jazz music,' I simply aspired to make music that was in a word, self-soothing and relevant to the resonating…

— Melody Gardot

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

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

— John Scofield

From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my…

— Edgar Meyer

I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.

— Nina Simone

I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.

— Herbie Hancock

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

— John Otto

I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.

— Wadada Leo Smith

I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for a long…

— Jherek Bischoff