#jazz musician

You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think that you're a good jazz musician. ↗

— Pete Fountain

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A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting. ↗

— Charlie Trotter

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I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician. ↗

— Charlie Haden

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Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden! ↗

— Toots Thielemans

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If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician. ↗

— Buddy Rich

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I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are treated, and the fact that the music has not been given the kind of due that it deserves. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in sort of these inferior type dives. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#being #had #hard #hard time #here

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do. ↗

— Carlos Santana

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The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

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A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. ↗

— Benny Green

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