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I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not. Creed Bratton

Jazz Say Guy Which Really

So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country. Cy Coleman

Country Jazz Performed Over Clubs

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response. Cyndi Lauper

Dance Jazz Learned Rock Blues Pop Even

As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock. DJ Jazzy Jeff

Love Soul Jazz Rock Am Hip-Hop Much

I was in this public high school in Princeton, and it had this topnotch jazz program - if you were a musician of any kind of caliber, your holy grail was to be in that orchestra. It was that claim to fame of the school, of the town, other than the university. But it was better than the university band. Damien Chazelle

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People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that. Damien Chazelle

It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people being super, super tough on each other. And out of it emerge these genius musicians. Damien Chazelle

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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything. Damien Chazelle

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What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar. Damien Chazelle

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My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on instruments and voices, with emphasis on lyrics and singing and light kind of acoustic jazz. Dan Hicks

I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem. Daniel Boulud

Jazz Late-Night Like Go Hear Up Harlem

I listen to jazz, pop, rock, R&B. It really doesn't matter to me. Daniel Ek

Me Matter Jazz Rock Listen Really Pop

My prayer is improvised - though like some standard jazz performance, the improv happens within pretty strict parameters - and asks for nothing. Darin Strauss

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I knew even if I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be involved in jazz in some way. Dave Brubeck

Jazz Way Some Knew Involved Cowboy Going Even

In fact, jazz has such a great feeling and great emotional content that it really doesn't require you to have technical understanding of it. I think you just have to allow your feelings to go with the music and you will find yourself carried along by it fairly quickly. Dave Holland

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There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians. Dave Van Ronk

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I've always gravitated toward technical music in general. I love jazz fusion. Daveed Diggs

Love Music Jazz Fusion General Toward Always Technical

We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life. David Amram

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I use a lot of tunings because I listen to a lot of jazz. David Crosby

Jazz Because Lot Listen Use

Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what? David Sanborn

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It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's music where a lot of different elements are played at the same time. The harmonic, the melodic... You're pushing the boundaries on every level. That could be true of rhythm and blues as well. I'm a musician. David Sanborn

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