What’s tied Jazz together is its foundation in the Blues, a reliance on group interplay and the unique phenomenon of spontaneous improvisation.
My neighbors always listen to very hip Jazz… whether they like it or not.
Live music is best! Make plans to get out and support your local Jazz scene.
Jazz improvisation is an elusive genius.
From hard rhythms of Be-bop, the mellow harmonies of Cool, to atonal forays of Free and the Straight Ahead delivery of Modern, it’s all Jazz.
Hipness is what it is. But sometimes hipness is what it ain’t.
While many forms of music may use the dynamic of improvisation, Jazz exemplifies the unique characteristic of collective improvisation.
Music is what feelings sound like.
If the bass plays the root, a pianist superimposes a Maj7 built on the 5th and the sax plays the 13th, will hot women notice?
Practice as if you are the worst, play as if you are the best!
You don’t chose your inspirations, they chose you.
Miles Davis and John Coltrane were so cool, if alive today global warming wouldn’t be an issue.
While many attempts have been made to define Jazz, what’s the point really. Jazz is to be experienced – period.
The more you listen, the more your hear.
The true value of this music lies in an artist’s individual creativity and that unique process of expression which is Jazz.
Spontaneously composed music is a counterpoint that has its own rules based on a natural order and intuitive logic.
Jazz music has always made powerful statements about freedom, creativity and personal identity.
10% of musicians make 90% of the money, while the remaining 90% of musicians make the 10% that’s left.
If your dreams don’t scare you they’re not big enough!
Jazz improvisation is the art of drawing without an eraser.
If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time!
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