#jaz

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians. ↗

— Toots Thielemans

#everywhere #generation #go #i #jazz

I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool. ↗

— John Otto

#i think #jazz #learning #think #tool

I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me. ↗

— Ted Rall

#good #i #i think #jazz #me

On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations. ↗

— Patti Page

#jazz #listen #radio #stations

It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#jazz #rock #snobby #sort #stopped

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#any #cerebral #get #jazz #just

Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

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You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#how #instrument #jazz #know #must

I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#become #billie #billie holiday #extraordinary #holiday

Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#always #been #chances #does #everything