#jaz

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

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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

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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

The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time. ↗

— Mose Allison

#goin #jazz #lot #new #new york

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

— Dave Brubeck

#even #going #i #involved #jazz

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#differently #each #jazz #music #night