Here are some of our favorite quotes by jazz musicians. Leave a comment and let us know what your favorite jazz quote is!
If you have to ask, then you’ll never know. — Louis Armstrong, when asked to define “jazz”
Jazz washes away the dust of every day life. — Art Blakey
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around. — Miles Davis
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind. — Duke Ellington
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one. — Duke Ellington
It bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem. It’s not. It’s feeling. — Bill Evans
Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise… — George Gershwin
Jazz is about being in the moment. — Herbie Hancock
Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It’s conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as they make split-second decisions to fulfill what they feel the moment requires. — Wynton Marsalis
…to me if it’s anything, jazz is a verb-it’s more like a process than it is a thing. — Pat Metheny
Jazz is freedom. You think about that. — Thelonius Monk
You have to practice improvisation, let no one kid you about it! — Art Tatum
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