#jaz

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era. ↗

— Bob Iger

#billie holiday #ella #ella fitzgerald #era #fitzgerald

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period. ↗

— Tony Iommi

#basically #blues #clapton #early #english

Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette. ↗

— Barbara Januszkiewicz

#ever-changing #expressions #jazz #me #musical

Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions. ↗

— J. J. Johnson

#good #i #jazz #look #many

Free form jazz means absolutely nothing to me. Because there are no boundaries. ↗

— Jon Lord

#absolutely nothing #because #boundaries #form #free

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here. ↗

— Gary Lucas

#basic #here #i #ignorance #jazz

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#any #been #classical #classical composers #composers

It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#away #gotten #jazz #physical #players

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#future #how #jazz #kind #like

I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none. ↗

— Olivier Messiaen

#cities #colors #dwell #give #heard