Essence Quote by Sonny Rollins

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

— Doc Childre

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

— Jan Garbarek

In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's…

— Wynton Marsalis

I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic.

— Dan Mazer

I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing, what you're…

— Herb Alpert

Improvisation in the jazz sense - like the business sense - is not formless. It is built on a skill set. Jazz, for example,…

— John Kao

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

— Henri Matisse

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

— Ken Burns

Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians…

— Jane Siberry

Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all…

— David Sanborn

I love improvisation. It's quite exciting.

— Tcheky Karyo

Jazz music is all about performance, right? At least, to me, it's about the freedom of performance, the different inflections you do in the…

— Laufey