#jazz music

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

— Maynard Ferguson

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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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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

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music. ↗

— Ginger Baker

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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

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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

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

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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