#jaz

There was a period which I refer to as the 'Golden Age of Jazz,' which sort of encompasses the middle Thirties through the Sixties, we had a lot of great innovators, all creating things which will last the world for a long, long time. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#creating #encompasses #golden #golden age #great

Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#died #europeans #hailed #jazz #lived

I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel that the people don't appreciate jazz. I don't think it's that. I think it's something more. It's something a little bit more complicated than that. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#appreciate #bit #complicated #feel #hostile

I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#around #create #great #hear #hear people

I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on television. How about a monthly jazz show? ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#enough #fortunate #guys #heavyweights #i

Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#audience #decades #globe #had #i

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#comfortable #comfortable life #go #jazz #life

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

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Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#cool #early #i #including #jazz