“I prefer music where melody, harmony and rhythm come together and no one element overshadows the other. Jazz at its best is a democracy of creativity.” TogetherCreativityDemocracyElementsHarmonyJazzRhythmMelody Author:Jimmy Heath
“The black hole in democracy is integrity. The great unspoken is integrity. When integrity is not first and foremost, it's quite palpable but not visible. It's always there. Jazz highlights it because musicians and jazz always represented a high level of integrity.” FirstsBlackLevelsDemocracyIntegrityMusicianJazzHolesVisibleUnspokenHighlightsHigh LevelBlack Hole Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you're the soloist, it's you, and we follow you. We follow you.” MayMomentsTogetherGuyNamesDemocracyFourJazzMarquee Author:Al Jarreau
“Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine democracy, only performance counts.” TogetherAmericaDifferencesDemocracyPerformancesHarmonyJazzGenuine Author:Norman Granz