Quotes by Jazz By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz. Ken Burns jazz-music jazz music A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm. Ken Burns rhythm beats jazz Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America. Ken Burns jazz music america I read cover to cover every jazz publication that I could and in the New York Times, every single day reading their jazz reviews even though I didn't put them in the films. I wanted to know what is going on. Ken Burns jazz reading new-york We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz? Ken Burns hard-times jazz understanding I strive for honesty in playing what I feel. Kenny Burrell jazz honesty music Rather than say I play Jazz, I simply say I play music. Kenny Garrett jazz music play I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine. Kenny G jazz mean thinking I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life. Kenneth Rexroth jazz-music jazz musician Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal. Kenny G fit jazz thinking Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane. Kenny G jazz college listening I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived. Kevin Eubanks jazz guitar thinking Let your life be your music and let your music be your life. Kevin Eubanks jazz music life-is I've always explored things that people find a bit more freakish, like free jazz, and I'd gotten to a point where the live music I was making was really hectic and turning much more confrontational. So when I started working on Everything Ecstatic, that was very normal for me. I think it was a departure, but people read it as an escape from something, whereas every record I do is, I feel, a departure. Kieran Hebden jazz people thinking [Jazz singing] is like pornography. You can't say what it is, but you know it when you see it. Kurt Elling jazz singing music Scott Feiner is a soulful magnet for the fusion of Brazilian and jazz music. Kurt Rosenwinkel fusion magnet jazz The worst crime is faking it. Kurt Cobain jazz fake-people music Frankie Randall is a consummate performer. He is an exquisite jazz pianist and wonderful singer. I had the great pleasure to work with him on the Dean Martin Show and I'm very proud to call him a friend! Lainie Kazan jazz singers proud I like to know for whom I'm writing - it makes the composition easier to do. Lalo Schifrin easier jazz writing Historians in the future, in my opinion, will congratulate us on very little other than our clowning and our jazz. Kurt Vonnegut jazz opinion littles «1516171819202122232425»
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