Audience Quote by Sonny Rollins

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try…

— Art Blakey

Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.

— Ahmad Alaadeen

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

— Renee Fleming

Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in…

— Norman Granz

If America has a future, Jazz has a future. The two are inseparable.

— George Russell

The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that.

— Anonymous

The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too…

— Art Blakey

Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it…

— Marla Gibbs

Jazz is America's classical music.

— Billy Taylor

Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

— Tom Harrell

Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century,

— Herbie Hancock