“Most people think that classical music is a higher form than jazz only because it is from Europe, and we were taught in schools only about Western European history.”
Herbie Hancock
“I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all other dead things that were once considered artistic.”
Miles Davis
“What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.”
Ray Charles
“To put on your suit and play jazz music, ... knowing that many people in your audience have never experienced any jazz whatsoever, you have to believe beyond the fear of rejection. But that fear is part of creating.”
Wynton Marsalis
“[The concert and clinic] aren't just for jazz fans, [they're] for music fans. We want people in the community to be exposed to music of a different culture.”
Dan Weiner
“Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.”
Nina Simone
“On an international tour that usually means American music ? folk music, jazz music, traditional music ? from the people that melted into our communal pot here in the Fox Valley.”
Kevin Meidl
