Inspirational Quote by Tama Janowitz

Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz singers out…

— Al Jarreau

If I had to look at 'Now He Sings'... from outside myself, I see it as a natural part of the growth of the…

— Chick Corea

I love that [ late-50s Verve recordings] - to me, that's the epitome of vocal jazz. It's my favorite style and era of it.

— Jose James

Jaco Pastorius gave the bass a new voice. I mean, he was very inspired by singers like Frank Sinatra. And in a lot of…

— Robert Trujillo

I started taking the bass more seriously when I heard Jaco Pastorius.

— Thundercat

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A…

— Rita Coolidge

Jazz music, as is also the case with the old down-home spirituals, gospel and jubilee songs, jumps, shouts and moans, is essentially an American…

— Albert Murray

Anybody who loves jazz has a little bit of snob in them.

— Robert Glasper

There's a wonderful tradition of jazz people getting on stage and jamming and finding some feeling for music with audiences who may be fresh.…

— Al Jarreau

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.

— Gary Lucas

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

— Wynton Marsalis

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much…

— Lucinda Williams