Essence Quote by Sonny Rollins

“visitors to Andean history note certain ways of doing things that recur in ways striking to the outsider, sometimes in one variant, sometimes in…

— Charles C. Mann

Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it this way…

— Brian McKnight

Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within (usually) a…

— Greg Thomas

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 mix everything up. A museum curator once said to me that there is a great jazz component to the way I do things…

— Iris Apfel

Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.

— Ahmad Jamal

Louis Armstrong is the master of the jazz solo. He became the beacon, the light in the tower, that helped the rest of us…

— Ellis Marsalis, Jr

There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation.

— David Antin

Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me, the way I feel, through jazz, or whatever.

— Charles Mingus

Just because I'm playing Jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me the way I feel through Jazz.

— Charles Mingus

Jazz was always cool. That was what I liked about jazz - it was always cool. Now I see the cats that were basically…

— Van Morrison

Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the same genesis…

— Christopher Jackson