#jaz

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people. ↗

— Dexter Gordon

#dreams #expressed #feelings #hopes #jazz

The way that we imitate each others' riffs is something that other bands don't do as much. If we're jamming with a jazz band, or I am jamming with a jazz band, I have to catch myself, the tendency is always to do that. ↗

— Mike Gordon

#am #band #bands #catch #each

Jazz was uplifted by what I did. ↗

— Norman Granz

#i #jazz #uplifted

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough. ↗

— Norman Granz

#area #because #been #economic #enough

For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. ↗

— Norman Granz

#jazz #kind #ones #only #philharmonic

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan. ↗

— Norman Granz

#going #hence #i #jazz #know

I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now. ↗

— Norman Granz

#concerned #fans #i #jazz #know

The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price. ↗

— Norman Granz

#concerts #economic #fashion #festival #gives

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. ↗

— Norman Granz

#big #dancing #first #history #jazz

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz. ↗

— Norman Granz

#hearing #jazz #knowing #music #pop