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J. J. Johnson

"Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I was totally into jazz in my teens."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I was exposed to jazz early on."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I like a lot of electronica. I like older jazz rather than newer."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is."

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J. J. Johnson
"I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise."

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J. J. Johnson
"Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions."

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J. J. Johnson
"There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!"

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