“I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel that the people don't appreciate jazz. I don't think it's that. I think it's something more. It's something a little bit more complicated than that.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsLittlesBitsLittle BitAppreciateJazzComplicatedHostile Author:Sonny Rollins
“I was listening to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, because that was new music for me. I really hadn't been up on them. I mean, I'd heard of them, but I wasn't up on their music. And I kept listening to Radiohead, and I was like, Man, I want to make hip-hop that feels like Radiohead. I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together.” MenWantFeelsMeanSoulUseTogetherHeardListeningJazzGuitarHip HopHipsHopsNew MusicHendrixFuseRadiohead Author:Will Ferrell
“Shared leadership... is less like a an orchestra, where the conductor is always in charge, and more like a jazz band, where leadership is passed around ... depending on what the music demands at the moment and who feels most moved by the spirit to express the music.” FeelsMomentsSpiritBandDemandMovedJazzEducationalOrchestraConductorJazz Band Author:Phillip C. Schlechty
“The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz.” ThinkingWayFeelsLevelsGroupsChangedJazzOur TimeNew OrleansInfluentialMeterGrooveFunk Author:John Scofield