Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn…

Quote by Art Blakey

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Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life.

Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life.

What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder.

What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder.

A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other...

A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other...

You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't...

You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't...

Music washes away the dust of every day life.

Music washes away the dust of every day life.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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....

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.

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

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 is the folk music of the machine age

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

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...

Jazz is the music of the body

Jazz is the music of the body

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...

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.

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 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...

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.