Quotes about jazz
jazz understood
I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. Van Morrison
jazz music-is improvisation
That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in this context. This conversation is jazz to a certain extent. It's improvisation. What appeals to me about music is the improvization. That's what I don't like about the media-they're not living it.
jazz critics kenny
To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G. Herbie Mann
jazz entity
The music becomes something that is its own entity. Herbie Hancock
jazz influence enough
Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.
jazz classical-music
I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz. Herb Alpert
jazz-hands begging-you dancing
I feel myself trying to be charming, and then I realize I’m obviously trying to be charming, and then I try to be even more charming to make up for the fake charm, and then I’ve basically turned into Liza Minnelli: I’m dancing in tights and sequins, begging you to love me. There’s a bowler and jazz hands and lots of teeth. Gillian Flynn
jazz parallels
I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning. Gary Larson
jazz knows
One never knows, do one? Fats Waller
jazz
Jazz isn't what you do; it's how you do it.
jazz easy fats
So easy, when you know how.
jazz student
I've done what I've done but it's not enough. I'm a student of jazz and there's just so much more to learn. James Moody
jazz musicians versions
It's be-bop, improvisation, ... You get to see different actors do Shakespeare, or jazz musicians do versions of the same song. Why not comedians? Penn Jillette
jazz mold ourselves quite strong
It's got strong roots. I don't know if we've quite established ourselves in the Jazz mold yet, but we're hopeful.
jazz listen radio seems
Everything else, they can listen to over the radio and know how to do it. Jazz seems to be a little more complicated. Billy Higgins
jazz backgrounds background-music
Jazz is not background music. Horace Silver
jazz natural outside small
If I had to look at 'Now He Sings'... from outside myself, I see it as a natural part of the growth of the jazz culture, which I've always been so happy - honored, really - to be a small part of. Chick Corea
jazz notes
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places. Miles Davis
jazz classical-music western
I also like Western classical music and jazz. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
jazz kind all-kinds
I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics. Erik Larson
jazz spontaneity
Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are. John McLaughlin
jazz jazz-music
To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question! Louis Armstrong
jazz individual unpredictability
Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals. Max de Pree
jazz beats rhythm
A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm. Ken Burns
jazz
I prefer her [Nina Simone] jazz period much more so than her folk period. Nikki Giovanni
jazz
Jazz was uplifted by what I did. Norman Granz
jazz reason segregation
The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.
jazz bourbon
Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon. Eddie Condon
jazz masters bachelors
I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz. Jon Secada
jazz figures jazz-music
Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures. Wynton Marsalis
jazz intensity
Sustained intensity equals ecstacy.
jazz armstrong music-is
Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.