Age Quote by Wynton Marsalis

Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you "sell" only to people of a certain age, you get cut off…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke the fires…

— Talib Kweli

I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not…

— Damien Chazelle

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market…

— Robert Glasper

The average age of the Jazz audience is increasing rapidly. Rapidly enough to suggest that there is no replacement among young people. Young people…

— Terry Teachout

Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.

— Jake Shimabukuro

Jazz is an art form that depends on its antecedents, there must be respect for the people that have gone before.

— Jon Hendricks

They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out.

— Lester Bowie

I worry more about the marketing that's taken hold since the 70s. The Jazz era, the Swing era, those were huge. Entire decades were…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz has to work. It has to play with the audience and with the marketplace. I think that is relevant to business.

— John Kao

I think we're an inspiration to young people, to know they can be honest and not run away from influences that are not jazz.…

— Robert Glasper

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

— Tom Harrell