#jazz

Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#constitution #democracy #discipline #disciplined #freedom

My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#fantastic #great #great things #happen #i

I have been steadily exchanging a rock audience who were nervous about what they had just bought for a jazz audience who not only were happy with their purchase, but are increasingly coming again. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#again #audience #been #bought #coming

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm. ↗

— Ken Burns

#changing #dynamic #jazz #rhythm

I read cover to cover every jazz publication that I could and in the New York Times, every single day reading their jazz reviews even though I didn't put them in the films. I wanted to know what is going on. ↗

— Ken Burns

#cover #day #even #every #every single day

The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could spend 50 hours on the last 25 years of jazz and still not do it justice. ↗

— Ken Burns

#finished #hours #i #jazz #justice

Lately, I've been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though! ↗

— Geezer Butler

#albums #been #coltrane #good #i

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy. ↗

— Gary Carter

#guy #hard #hard rock #i #jazz

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music. ↗

— Maynard Ferguson

#always #change #happening #jazz #jazz music

The day of the great jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over. ↗

— Maynard Ferguson

#great #how #improviser #jazz #know