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Jazz Quotes

The talking shows are like free jazz. I’m just gonna go out there and blow with the idea of keeping it streamlined and not wasting time. It’s wild. And it’s a great thing when you see a performer really able to Picture Quote #1

Visually I’ve always liked the 20s 30s for film. I do these because I like the music. I like the clothes. I like the way the women and the guys look. There are soldiers and sailors and gangsters with the machine guns in their violin cases. It’s a very colorful era of New York, full of great theater and great nightclubs and great jazz Picture Quote #1

I have very eclectic taste in music. I like everything from Nirvana, which is featured in the film, to world music, to orchestral and jazz. For me, the nineties were about Oasis, because I was travelling around Britain when that band exploded onto the music scene Picture Quote #1

Benny Goodman’s band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It’s part of being American Picture Quote #1

There are so many parts of music that it’s actually a pleasure for me to work with an orchestra, or a jazz band, or a choir, and use every element that the musical tool box can offer. The world of music I love so much, and I can change the costume depending on the part, and I’m actually in the film Picture Quote #1

It’s bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it’s not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from a deeper place. Duffy has that similar old school soul sound to herself. If I opened for Duffy, that would make sense to me, in my head Picture Quote #1

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I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip jazz fans know who I am. There’s a generation of musicians in New York who know my records better than I do Picture Quote #1

I don’t really have a career as a jazz musician. I don’t really have a career as a classical musician. I don’t really have a career as a college professor, and yet I did all those things and I did them well. I put out some records in the 1980’s and 1990’s that changed the way some trumpet players played Picture Quote #1

To date, [Wynton] Marsalis has received a total of nine Grammy Awards; a Pulitzer Prize (the first ever awarded to a jazz musician)... and twenty-nine honorary degrees, including Columbia, Brown, Princeton and Yale; the National Medal of Arts; and numerous awards from other countries Picture Quote #1

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 creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the 70s Picture Quote #1

I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul music like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and The Rat Pack and swing music Picture Quote #1

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time Picture Quote #1

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Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom! Picture Quote #1

I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that’s where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school Picture Quote #1

Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven’t even touched a guitar Picture Quote #1

Jazz Artist of the Century’ would have to be a distinctive soloist and ensemble player, a composer, an arranger, a bandleader, and a driver; would have to span all the genres and periods of jazz; would have to have run her own label; [would] possess a deep spirituality, with grace and a sense of humor; and would have to have succeeded against all odds. Who else? Mary Lou Williams Picture Quote #1

I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R Picture Quote #1

Whenever there’s a change with Jazz and its aesthetics, it’s almost always reflected with a change in the culture Picture Quote #1

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I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that Picture Quote #1

I love things that are very broad. I love alternative, rock, hip hop, rap, and I’ll go to classical or jazz Picture Quote #1

I always wanted praise, and I always wanted attention; I won’t lie to you. I was a jazz critic, and that wasn’t good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, ‘What could I do? I can’t sing, I can’t dance, I can’t act or anything like that. OK, I can write.’ Picture Quote #1

I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public’s favor Picture Quote #1

We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that’s where our studies were and our inspiration came from Picture Quote #1

For most Americans, poetry plays no role in their everyday lives. But also for most Americans, contemporary painting or jazz or sculpture play no role either. I’m not saying poetry is singled out as a special thing to ignore Picture Quote #1

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Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders Picture Quote #1

I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I’m interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way Picture Quote #1

I don’t know where jazz is going. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens Picture Quote #1

I’m really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before Picture Quote #1

One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is such a big part of it, so it feels like it should be less soldiers in an army and more like free spirits melding. And yet, big band jazz has a real military side to it Picture Quote #1

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms Picture Quote #1

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The talking shows are like free jazz. I’m just gonna go out there and blow with the idea of keeping it streamlined and not wasting time. It’s wild. And it’s a great thing when you see a performer really able to (Jazz Quotes) Visually I’ve always liked the 20s 30s for film. I do these because I like the music. I like the clothes. I like the way the women and the guys look. There are soldiers and sailors and gangsters with the machine guns in their violin cases. It’s a very colorful era of New York, full of great theater and great nightclubs and great jazz (Jazz Quotes) I have very eclectic taste in music. I like everything from Nirvana, which is featured in the film, to world music, to orchestral and jazz. For me, the nineties were about Oasis, because I was travelling around Britain when that band exploded onto the music scene (Jazz Quotes) Benny Goodman’s band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It’s part of being American (Jazz Quotes) There are so many parts of music that it’s actually a pleasure for me to work with an orchestra, or a jazz band, or a choir, and use every element that the musical tool box can offer. The world of music I love so much, and I can change the costume depending on the part, and I’m actually in the film (Jazz Quotes) It’s bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it’s not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from a deeper place. Duffy has that similar old school soul sound to herself. If I opened for Duffy, that would make sense to me, in my head (Jazz Quotes) I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip jazz fans know who I am. There’s a generation of musicians in New York who know my records better than I do (Jazz Quotes) I don’t really have a career as a jazz musician. I don’t really have a career as a classical musician. I don’t really have a career as a college professor, and yet I did all those things and I did them well. I put out some records in the 1980’s and 1990’s that changed the way some trumpet players played (Jazz Quotes) To date, [Wynton] Marsalis has received a total of nine Grammy Awards; a Pulitzer Prize (the first ever awarded to a jazz musician)... and twenty-nine honorary degrees, including Columbia, Brown, Princeton and Yale; the National Medal of Arts; and numerous awards from other countries (Jazz Quotes) 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 creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the 70s (Jazz Quotes) I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul music like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and The Rat Pack and swing music (Jazz Quotes) Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time. (Jazz Quotes) Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom! (Jazz Quotes) I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that’s where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school. (Jazz Quotes) Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven’t even touched a guitar. (Jazz Quotes) Jazz Artist of the Century’ would have to be a distinctive soloist and ensemble player, a composer, an arranger, a bandleader, and a driver; would have to span all the genres and periods of jazz; would have to have run her own label; [would] possess a deep spirituality, with grace and a sense of humor; and would have to have succeeded against all odds. Who else? Mary Lou Williams. (Jazz Quotes) I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R (Jazz Quotes) Whenever there’s a change with Jazz and its aesthetics, it’s almost always reflected with a change in the culture. (Jazz Quotes) I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that. (Jazz Quotes) I love things that are very broad. I love alternative, rock, hip hop, rap, and I’ll go to classical or jazz. (Jazz Quotes) I always wanted praise, and I always wanted attention; I won’t lie to you. I was a jazz critic, and that wasn’t good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, ‘What could I do? I can’t sing, I can’t dance, I can’t act or anything like that. OK, I can write.’ (Jazz Quotes) I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public’s favor. (Jazz Quotes) We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that’s where our studies were and our inspiration came from. (Jazz Quotes) For most Americans, poetry plays no role in their everyday lives. But also for most Americans, contemporary painting or jazz or sculpture play no role either. I’m not saying poetry is singled out as a special thing to ignore. (Jazz Quotes) Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders. (Jazz Quotes) I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I’m interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way. (Jazz Quotes) I don’t know where jazz is going. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens. (Jazz Quotes) I’m really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before. (Jazz Quotes) One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is such a big part of it, so it feels like it should be less soldiers in an army and more like free spirits melding. And yet, big band jazz has a real military side to it. (Jazz Quotes) I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms (Jazz Quotes)

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