Figures Quote by Wynton Marsalis

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

— Yo-Yo Ma

Jazz music is the power of now.

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope.

— Kamasi Washington

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.

— Dianne Reeves

Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.

— David Sanborn

A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

— Esperanza Spalding

That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think.

— Kurt Elling

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

— Wynton Marsalis

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

— Henri Matisse

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

— Nina Simone

Jazz musicians have always tended to have cult followings, which is pretty wonderful.

— Dianne Reeves