“But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantCountryPlayAbleCareersRocksFrontsMusicianPerformancesJazzLastingSongwritingPunkSongwritersGroundwork Author:Amy Ray
“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 think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.” ThinkingFirstsRealKidsPlayerGenerationsHeardGroupsJazzAffectionSilverMy GenerationBack When Author:David Sanborn
“Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music needs. Especially jazz music, since improvising is one of the cornerstones of what jazz is. And when you smooth it out, you take all the drama out of it.” ThinkingNeedsShouldKindCertainDramaJazzTensionSmoothJazz MusicCornerstonesImprovisingSmooth Jazz Author:David Sanborn
“People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dillon was recorded there. A lot of great records; R&B records, jazz records. It's a lot of great players and great studios.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCountryRecordsPlayerJazzStudiosBobBlondeNashvilleJazz Records Author:Elvis Costello
“I'm an advocate of music in schools. It's important to me that music is in as many schools as possible across this country and across the world. I think that it's a lost art form because kids aren't as exposed to it as maybe they used to be, or should be. I was exposed heavily to jazz and that's why I love it.” ThinkingWorldShouldArtImportantCountryKidsSchoolFormUsedLostMusic IsJazzUsed To BeExposedLost ArtMusic In Schools Author:Chrisette Michele