“I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with.” EnoughPlayGuyModernMovementJazzFortunateProgressiveHeavyweights Author:Sonny Rollins
“It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that their own, 'corny', and it is my contention that in actuality it is these musicians who are producing that which in future years perceptive critics will deem 'corny'.” YearsBeliefModernStyleMusicianJazzCriticsTendenciesHipsCornyJazz MusicContentionActualityJazz Musician Author:Don Ellis
“I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.” InspirationModernJazzInnovatorsModern DayForerunners Author:John Scofield
“If the modern spirit, whatever that may be, is disinclined towards taking the Lord's word at its face value (as I hear is the case), we may observe that Isaiah's testimony to the character of the masses has strong collateral support from respectable Gentile authority. Plato lived into the administration of Eubulus, when Athens was at the peak of its jazz-and-paper era, and he speaks of the Athenian masses with all Isaiah's fervency, even comparing them to a herd of ravenous wild beasts.” IfsMayCharacterFacesSpiritValuesSpeakStrongLordCasesSupportModernAuthorityPaperMassJazzAdministrationErasCompareBeastPlatoTestimonyRespectableHerdsAthensWild BeastsGentilesCollateralFace ValueAthenians Author:Albert J. Nock
“There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz.” StillsCertainCan DoModernJazz Author:Robert Glasper
“I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18.” AgeModernJazzAvant Garde Author:Roy Harper
“I was used to dancing, but only when someone told you what to do. So in the nightclub I was all over the place, I combined everything. Street dance, modern dance, a bit of jazz and ballet, I was Twyla Tharp, I was Alvin Ailey, I was Michael Jackson. I didn't care, I was free.” CareUsedBitsStreetsModernDancingJazzBalletNightclubsModern Dance Author:Madonna Ciccone