The day of the great jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over.

Quote by Maynard Ferguson

Topics: Jazz Quotes

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has...

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we...

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we...

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's...

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's...

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their...

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their...