Jazz Quotes

My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. Kamasi Washington
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My dad's also a musician, so jazz was always around the house. When I was 11, I developed an interest in it, and he took me to Leimert Park. At that time, it was the artistic hub of L.A., and it was right in South Central. The first concert I went to, I saw Pharoah Sanders at the World Stage club there, which only holds, like, 30 people. Kamasi Washington
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When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish playing, people would be like, 'Oh my God, that was so nice, that was so great.' But Pops would never tell us we were the best. He would give it to us straight, like, 'You're out of tune. You're dropping beats.' Kamasi Washington
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I used to tell my friends, 'Art Blakey is way more gangster than Eazy-E!' I ended up getting my friends into jazz, and all of a sudden there was this little group of kids in the middle of South Central that were all into hard-bop. Kamasi Washington
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Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man. Karl Malone
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive. Kat Edmonson
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Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing. Kathy Acker
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I had trained a bit in Bharatanatyam in the past but did not learn in depth. The same goes with jazz, western, and cinematic dance, as I was quite laid back with the training. Keerthy Suresh
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After Stalin died, the Soviet Union began inching toward the world again. The ban on jazz was lifted. Ernest Hemingway was published; the Pushkin Museum in Moscow hosted an exhibit of the works of Picasso. Keith Gessen
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Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple. Keith Jarrett
You Simple Gone Jazz Happens Present
I did ballet, jazz, and all that, but I think hip-hop is really where I learned rhythm and groove, which has helped me in music. Kelsea Ballerini
Music Me Jazz Think Learned Hip-Hop Ballet Did Where Which Rhythm Really Groove Helped
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics. Ken Burns
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Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America. Ken Burns
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A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm. Ken Burns
Jazz Changing Beat Dynamic Rhythm
I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine. Kenny G
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I listen to old jazz and classical music, and that's it. Kenny G
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Great music - say jazz - has that inventive, improvisational quality that tells us something about life. Kevin Young
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I grew up listening to John Coltrane and jazz, so they were subtle influences. I sometimes think about doing some kind of weird jazz record, but I don't know... It's on my list of things to do. I don't want to have to then go promote it. Kim Gordon
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My CD collection has a lot of world music - lots of Indian, African, Portuguese, Greek, Italian music. Because of my husband, a lot of jazz, too. Kiran Ahluwalia
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If I want the day off, the boss never says 'No.' I paint away listening to an iTunes jazz station called KCSM Jazz Radio. It's perfect. Good music and no news traffic or celebrities. Korky Paul
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I really thought I was gonna have a straight gig. But these jazz musicians put their arms around me time and again and said, 'Hey, young fella, you're one of us. Come with us.' That's a big deal when you're young and looking for your way in the world. Kurt Elling
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I've tried to learn as much as I can about the great jazz singers to understand what makes them important, vital artists, but there is always something more to learn. Kurt Elling
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I want to be the jazz singer. Kurt Elling
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A lot of the commercial world wants to bank in on the cachet that jazz brings. Kurt Elling
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I think my intention was there, and my love for the music was apparent. And there are very few singers who get up and desire to take the kinds of risks that jazz musicians routinely need to be taking. Kurt Elling
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It helps me to learn things in different languages, even if it's just phonetically, and to make myself vulnerable to other audiences by trying to reflect back to them the genius of their own cultures, and to do that, oftentimes, in new jazz settings, new arrangements. It's a way to show respect. Kurt Elling
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