“Life is a lot like jazz. It's best when you improvise.” Life IsMusicJazzMusicalJazz MusicMeaningful LifeImprovisationJazz MusicianImprovisingGershwinJazz And LifeJazz And BluesJazz ImprovisationCool JazzJazz Hands Author:George Gershwin
“I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.” KindMeanSchoolCommonMusicPlanetsDegreesJazzIndianJazz MusicImprovisationCommon GroundSoulfulFunkyJazz And BluesJazz ImprovisationIndian Music Author:John McLaughlin
“The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese.” GuyMusicCreationDramaEssentialsEatingDestructionRemainsGuitarTensionCheeseCompositionImprovisationGood GuyMaintenanceCottagesConsonantsCreation And Destruction Author:Frank Zappa
“The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.” ArtCountryMusicGeniusJazzOur CountryContributionImprovisationJazz Improvisation Author:Ken Burns
“Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.” AbilityMusicJazzMusicalOneselfImprovisationJazz Improvisation Author:Cecil Taylor
“Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.” MeanPlayWould BeMusicPracticeJazzScoreStraightforwardImprovisationJazz Improvisation Author:Ahmad Jamal
“In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.” WantMusicJazzSecondsCompositionImprovisation Author:Steve Lacy
“In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's no right or wrong, just some choices that are better than others.” MatterChoicesLanguageMusicJazzVocabularyImprovisationJazz Improvisation Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.” SpiritualAbilityMusicJazzImprovisation Author:Sonny Rollins
“I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music.” FeelsMusicEssenceUltimateJazzSpotsImprovisationJazz Improvisation Author:Sonny Rollins
“You have to practice improvisation, let no one kid you about it!” KidsMusicPracticeJazzJazz MusicImprovisation Author:Art Tatum
“Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within (usually) a group context, with true democracy in action.” ActionIndividualMusicDemocracyGroupsExpressionIntegrityFlowJazzMusicalResilienceEleganceImprovisationSubtletyNuanceTrue DemocracyIndividual ExpressionSyncopation Author:Greg Thomas