“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
“My short answer would be that there is no greatest jazz musician of the century. Jazz, like any valid art form, finds its greatness in its expression of the human spirit, and, to me, this can’t be reduced to a contest.” HumansArtWould BeFormSpiritAnswersCenturyGreatnessExpressionMusicianJazzContestsHuman SpiritJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Bennie Wallace
“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
“In times of change and uncertainty, we need the spirit of jazz more than ever before, to bring people - especially young women and men - together, to nurture freedom and dialogue, to create new bridges of respect and understanding, for greater tolerance and cooperation.” PeopleMenNeedsTogetherYoungSpiritUnderstandingGreaterMen And WomenJazzToleranceDialogueUncertaintyBridgesCooperationYoung WomenNurture Author:Irina Bokova
“It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.” WholeSpiritMusicJazzExclusive Author:Herbie Hancock
“The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.” SpiritMusicMusicianJazzOpennessJazz Music Author:Herbie Hancock
“The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.” InspirationalHumansMomentsSpiritWonderfulShareExampleBuddhismCreatingJazzCharacteristicsHuman SpiritJudgmentalCool ThingsRespect Each OtherNon Judgmental Author:Herbie Hancock