Quotes about jazz
jazz funk ifs
I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing. Chris Carter
jazz
You never get it figured out. You just keep playing. David Sanborn
jazz form miles
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. Cassandra Wilson
jazz instruments
You've got to learn your instrument. Charlie Parker
jazz emotion language
Jazz is the language of the emotions. Charles Mingus
jazz
Everything I do is Mingus.
jazz scottish classical-music
Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an obvious amalgam. Bluegrass comes from eighteenth-century Scottish and Irish folk music that made contact with the blues. By exploring music, you're exploring everything. Edgar Meyer
jazz great-american blues-music
As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music. Edgar Winter
jazz-improvisation how-you-feel music-is
And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it. DJ Jazzy Jeff
jazz
Jazz to me is a living music. Dexter Gordon
jazz present
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple. Keith Jarrett
jazz used
And I used to listen to a lot of jazz. Debra Wilson
jazz notes notes-music
There’s no such thing as a wrong note. Art Tatum
jazz miles stage
How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts. Dizzy Gillespie
jazz classical-music
Jazz will be the classical music of the future.
jazz modern tricky
I do find modern jazz quite tricky. Jane Asher
jazz certain involved
There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that. Jan Garbarek
jazz orleans
New Orleans is where jazz was born, and jazz is my passion. Jeremy Davenport
jazz man musician seen
I had just seen the movie 'Young Man With a Horn' about jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke. So I told him I'd take one of those. Chuck D.
jazz local
I do a lot (of business) with local jazz players.
jazz language my-own
I would say that jazz is my own language. Amy Winehouse
jazz barometer
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom. Duke Ellington
jazz
Jazz stands for freedom. Dave Brubeck
jazz selling bowie
[David] Bowie went on to make best-selling music - funk, dance music, electronic music, while also being influenced by cabaret and jazz. David Bowie
jazz my-family left
Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family. Alexis Korner
jazz concerned contemporary
My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex. Anthony Braxton
jazz plays sit tremendous
Kelsey plays the piano, and he's also a tremendous singer. I'm classically trained, and he's more of a jazz improvisatory pianist. So, we don't usually sit down and play together. David Pierce
jazz less musicians people problems
I think the jazz musicians have had less problems than people who feel jazz should be just one thing. Ethan Iverson
jazz tradition trying
We're trying to keep the jazz tradition alive.
jazz strictly
We like this kind of music. Jazz is strictly for stay-at-homes. Buddy Holly
jazz tune violin
Jean-Luc is my violin jazz hero, ... So to have him come out and play that tune with us at Telluride was just a freakout. Sam Bush
jazz orleans
Jazz in New Orleans - that's what the world loves.
jazz known local office tourist
I was working in the local tourist office and I said to the manager, 'We should do something to make Montreux known in America. Let's do a jazz festival! Claude Nobs