Jazz Quotes - Page 28

I really like the complexity of jazz, the emotional depth; I feel like there's no other music that's really as satisfying as jazz.

For me jazz is kind of an extension of hip-hop. Kind of the sad thing is that a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and a lot of hip-hop people just listen to hip-hop, and there's not a lot of crossover, unfortunately.

Jazz is like the universe: it's been expanding since its creation and it's connected to everything.

Free form jazz means absolutely nothing to me. Because there are no boundaries.

Justin Di Cioccio led a jazz program at Music and Art, but there was no jazz in Performing Arts. After they joined, it became Laguardia School of Arts.

You do [jazz] because you love it and hope many some others may as well. You do this because you need it.

When I was 13, 14, 15, I had played in a couple of jazz ensembles. I didn't know anything about harmony, about II-V-I, though I had learned my scales with Caesar [DiMauro].

I was really falling in love with jazz and dedicating myself in that direction.

I don't like heroin, unless you're a jazz musician and then you have to be on it because jazz is the sound of heroin.

Really, improv is all about creating for what's around you, in the moment, so it fits in a way that you can't see the seams. It's like a great jazz combo. I still do it.

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

As I got older, I started to do it more and more, and I wanted to learn all of the different types. I grew up doing modern, so I wanted to learn ballet, tap, jazz, and African - just everything.

Of course, right away I got more interested in the far-out jazz than the traditional jazz, so I quickly was turned onto the John Zorn scene and all the wild stuff coming out of New York and Europe. Improvising is a pretty natural thing for me.

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

I do find modern jazz quite tricky.

There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that.

I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on.

If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.

Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.

Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.