#jazz music

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

#getting #gig #jazz #jazz musician #life

Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#get #group #jazz #jazz musicians #module

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice. ↗

— David Baker

#finds #individual #jazz #jazz musician #musician

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#basis #bass #bass player #could #fact

One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#audiences #beyond #clear #community #had

People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#concert #day #down #easy #ever

I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#back #comfort #comfort food #equivalent #feel

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#creates #ear #him #his #i

If you met my dad, I think a lot of things would be put to rest. Because my pops is a pretty silly guy. But, Coldcut, they're based in the U.K. I'm a big fan of jazz music, so American music has had a big influence on what I listen to. ↗

— Eric San

#american music #based #because #big #big fan

Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm. ↗

— Jelly Roll Morton

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